With 0.6 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.43 million shares. The 52-week range on GFF shows that it touched its highest point at $86.73 and its lowest point at $55.01 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $98.14. With its current market cap of 3.37 billion, GFF has annualized dividend of $0.66 while the current yield stands at 0.93%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.18.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of GFF was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.68%, but this was up by 8.13% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.33% while six-month performance rose 11.63%. The stock gained 1.59% in the past year, while it has lost -0.49% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for GFF yields 4.91 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.44. For the next quarter, that number is 1.53. This implies an EPS growth rate of 10.48% for this year and 13.79% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 15.44% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 37.20%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 47.53 million GFF shares are outstanding with a float of 39.63 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for GFF since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $4.97513 being high and $4.7857 being low. For GFF, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.838.
