With 0.96 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.64 million shares. The 52-week range on HELE shows that it touched its highest point at $110.75 and its lowest point at $24.15 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $49.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.88.
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 HELE was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -3.30%, but this was down by -31.75% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -51.56% while six-month performance fell -58.05%. The stock lost -72.18% in the past year, while it has lost -54.40% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HELE yields 5.40 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.67. For the next quarter, that number is 0.93. This implies an EPS growth rate of -24.75% for this year and 5.11% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 22.86 million HELE shares are outstanding with a float of 22.52 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 HELE 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 $8.81448 being high and $8.71431 being low. For HELE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $8.77441. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.34 and the low estimate is $1.12. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.23.
