With 5.8 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 6.25 million shares. The 52-week range on W shows that it touched its highest point at $76.18 and its lowest point at $20.41 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $43.07. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.87.
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 W was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.58%, but this was up by 10.55% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -25.07% while six-month performance fell -26.03%. The stock lost -52.85% in the past year, while it has lost -26.02% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for W yields -2.86 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.21. For the next quarter, that number is 0.31. This implies an EPS growth rate of 365.18% for this year and 99.32% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 152.91% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 17.83%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 102.29 million W shares are outstanding with a float of 94.00 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 W since 30 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 19 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 10 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 $0.58737 being high and $0.21057 being low. For W, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.4433. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.4 and the low estimate is -$0.15. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.08.
