Taking the lead: Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc (CPS)

With 0.5 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.41 million shares. The 52-week range on CPS shows that it touched its highest point at $26.31 and its lowest point at $10.38 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $12.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.75.

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 CPS was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 12.71%, but this was up by 90.28% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 70.42% while six-month performance rose 61.28%. The stock gained 65.06% in the past year, while it has gained 81.86% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CPS yields -2.65 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.63. For the next quarter, that number is -0.36. This implies an EPS growth rate of 71.45% for this year and 168.67% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 17.55 million CPS shares are outstanding with a float of 16.71 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 CPS since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 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 -$3.492 being high and -$3.628 being low. For CPS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$3.56.