With 1.75 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.66 million shares. The 52-week range on WTTR shows that it touched its highest point at $15.14 and its lowest point at $7.20 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $16.20. With its current market cap of 859.96 million, WTTR has annualized dividend of $0.27 while the current yield stands at 3.25%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.22.
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 WTTR was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -6.53%, but this was down by -2.47% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -35.00% while six-month performance fell -25.43%. The stock lost -9.88% in the past year, while it has lost -37.31% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WTTR yields 0.34 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.82. For the next quarter, that number is 0.12. This implies an EPS growth rate of 81.44% for this year and 51.25% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 51.12% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 54.15%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 103.88 million WTTR shares are outstanding with a float of 92.62 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 WTTR since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 2 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 $0.4215 being high and $0.39066 being low. For WTTR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.40094.
