With 2.84 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.51 million shares. The 52-week range on APTV shows that it touched its highest point at $85.35 and its lowest point at $47.19 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $74.06. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.47.
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 APTV was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 18.22%, but this was up by 43.55% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 6.39% while six-month performance rose 23.63%. The stock lost -17.80% in the past year, while it has gained 13.74% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for APTV yields 6.04 with Next year EPS estimates of 7.95. For the next quarter, that number is 1.76. This implies an EPS growth rate of 14.11% for this year and 11.23% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 13.60% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 12.60%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 223.78 million APTV shares are outstanding with a float of 215.01 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 APTV since 13 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 2 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 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 $6.28341 being high and $6.07363 being low. For APTV, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.17353.
