With 2.0 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.7 million shares. The 52-week range on HLF shows that it touched its highest point at $12.79 and its lowest point at $5.04 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $8.67. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.85.
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 HLF was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -8.06%, but this was down by -8.31% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 26.03% while six-month performance fell -17.83%. The stock lost -33.10% in the past year, while it has gained 0.60% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HLF yields 2.75 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.51. For the next quarter, that number is 0.49. This implies an EPS growth rate of 2.85% for this year and 24.59% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 21.11% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 2.65%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 101.60 million HLF shares are outstanding with a float of 99.42 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 HLF since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 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 $1.80752 being high and $1.76719 being low. For HLF, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.78889. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.49 and the low estimate is $0.44. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.47.
