With 1.82 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.45 million shares. The 52-week range on NTRS shows that it touched its highest point at $114.67 and its lowest point at $79.68 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $102.18. With its current market cap of 20.84 billion, NTRS has annualized dividend of $3.00 while the current yield stands at 2.80%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.23.
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 NTRS was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 10.58%, but this was up by 21.35% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -2.97% while six-month performance rose 1.80%. The stock gained 23.46% in the past year, while it has gained 4.53% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NTRS yields 10.71 with Next year EPS estimates of 8.51. For the next quarter, that number is 2.00. This implies an EPS growth rate of -18.75% for this year and 7.22% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -2.18% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 8.07%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 194.54 million NTRS shares are outstanding with a float of 191.23 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 NTRS since 11 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 2 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 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 $7.93276 being high and $7.68519 being low. For NTRS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $7.79866.
