With 2.13 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.35 million shares. The 52-week range on SVC shows that it touched its highest point at $6.34 and its lowest point at $1.71 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $2.33. With its current market cap of 379.93 million, SVC has annualized dividend of $0.23 while the current yield stands at 10.09%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.86.
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 SVC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 10.14%, but this was up by 18.75% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -18.57% while six-month performance fell -27.85%. The stock lost -61.09% in the past year, while it has lost -10.24% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SVC yields -1.89 with Next year EPS estimates of -1.20. For the next quarter, that number is -0.20. This implies an EPS growth rate of 19.76% for this year and 10.45% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 166.65 million SVC shares are outstanding with a float of 153.82 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 SVC since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 -$1.32302 being high and -$1.5002 being low. For SVC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$1.4. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.28 and the low estimate is -$0.28. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.28.
