With 4.66 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 6.87 million shares. The 52-week range on HMY shows that it touched its highest point at $18.77 and its lowest point at $7.97 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $15.31. With its current market cap of 8.91 billion, HMY has annualized dividend of $0.17 while the current yield stands at 1.21%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.00.
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 HMY was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -13.11%, but this was down by -16.55% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 18.35% while six-month performance rose 36.90%. The stock gained 56.67% in the past year, while it has gained 74.42% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HMY yields 0.92 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.18.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 622.18 million HMY shares are outstanding with a float of 621.73 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 HMY since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 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 $1.14505 being high and $0.98934 being low. For HMY, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.06977. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.