Its Stock Has Paid Off Big Time For Stevanato Group Spa

With 0.69 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.35 million shares. The 52-week range on STVN shows that it touched its highest point at $24.90 and its lowest point at $16.56 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $27.33. With its current market cap of 6.55 billion, STVN has annualized dividend of $0.06 while the current yield stands at 0.24%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.52.

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 STVN was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 12.25%, but this was up by 16.28% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 9.44% while six-month performance rose 6.67%. The stock lost -13.17% in the past year, while it has gained 10.14% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for STVN yields 0.49 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.73. For the next quarter, that number is 0.12. This implies an EPS growth rate of 10.54% for this year and 23.22% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 18.84% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 23.16%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 272.90 million STVN shares are outstanding with a float of 49.60 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 STVN 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 $0.50211 being high and $0.4635 being low. For STVN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.49246.