With 0.67 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.3 million shares. The 52-week range on WNC shows that it touched its highest point at $24.03 and its lowest point at $6.78 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $11.75. With its current market cap of 364.69 million, WNC has annualized dividend of $0.32 while the current yield stands at 3.67%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.55.
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 WNC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.35%, but this was down by -17.21% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -35.96% while six-month performance fell -51.72%. The stock lost -62.29% in the past year, while it has lost -49.15% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WNC yields -1.56 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.01. For the next quarter, that number is -0.30. This implies an EPS growth rate of -150.08% for this year and 265.80% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 42.15 million WNC shares are outstanding with a float of 40.20 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 WNC since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 $1.29828 being high and $1.26848 being low. For WNC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.28338.
