With 12.85 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 20.06 million shares. The 52-week range on BCS shows that it touched its highest point at $16.85 and its lowest point at $10.17 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $19.26. With its current market cap of 60.67 billion, BCS has annualized dividend of $0.44 while the current yield stands at 2.57%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.09.
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 BCS was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 5.52%, but this was up by 21.95% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 11.62% while six-month performance rose 28.11%. The stock gained 57.70% in the past year, while it has gained 27.92% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BCS yields 2.90 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.69. For the next quarter, that number is 0.57. This implies an EPS growth rate of 21.92% for this year and 22.26% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 19.47% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 20.33%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 3.58 billion BCS shares are outstanding with a float of 3.38 billion 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 BCS since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 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 $1.66589 being high and $0.99401 being low. For BCS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.40818.
