With 6.29 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 6.09 million shares. The 52-week range on SAN shows that it touched its highest point at $7.47 and its lowest point at $4.27 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $8.15. With its current market cap of 114.59 billion, SAN has annualized dividend of $0.23 while the current yield stands at 3.07%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.98.
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 SAN was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 5.73%, but this was up by 17.73% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 29.85% while six-month performance rose 56.08%. The stock gained 49.90% in the past year, while it has gained 66.01% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SAN yields 0.87 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.03. For the next quarter, that number is 0.24. This implies an EPS growth rate of 18.19% for this year and 8.82% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 13.13% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 16.52%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 15.14 billion SAN shares are outstanding with a float of 15.14 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 SAN since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 $0.83648 being high and $0.76507 being low. For SAN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.79568.
