With 5.13 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 6.57 million shares. The 52-week range on NWG shows that it touched its highest point at $13.30 and its lowest point at $7.80 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $14.53. With its current market cap of 52.92 billion, NWG has annualized dividend of $0.55 while the current yield stands at 4.22%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.95.
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 NWG was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.02%, but this was up by 13.01% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 16.52% while six-month performance rose 30.68%. The stock gained 61.78% in the past year, while it has gained 29.01% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NWG yields 1.48 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.72. For the next quarter, that number is 0.36. This implies an EPS growth rate of 11.56% for this year and 12.97% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 11.40% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 13.89%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 4.03 billion NWG shares are outstanding with a float of 4.03 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 NWG since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 $1.02809 being high and $0.98088 being low. For NWG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.98899.
