With 0.94 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.81 million shares. The 52-week range on ARKO shows that it touched its highest point at $7.84 and its lowest point at $3.51 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $6.88. With its current market cap of 547.02 million, ARKO has annualized dividend of $0.12 while the current yield stands at 2.52%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.73.
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 ARKO was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 13.84%, but this was up by 18.36% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -27.84% while six-month performance fell -29.75%. The stock gained 11.45% in the past year, while it has lost -27.62% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ARKO yields 0.02 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.04. For the next quarter, that number is 0.11. This implies an EPS growth rate of -17.95% for this year and -62.50% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 115.44 million ARKO shares are outstanding with a float of 75.64 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 ARKO since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 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 $0.24619 being high and $0.13257 being low. For ARKO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.18938.
