With 3.64 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.72 million shares. The 52-week range on SWK shows that it touched its highest point at $110.88 and its lowest point at $53.91 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $80.64. With its current market cap of 11.42 billion, SWK has annualized dividend of $3.27 while the current yield stands at 4.43%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.21.
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 SWK was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 25.16%, but this was up by 25.10% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -15.43% while six-month performance fell -19.66%. The stock lost -16.27% in the past year, while it has lost -8.06% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SWK yields 2.35 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.65. For the next quarter, that number is 0.41. This implies an EPS growth rate of -2.09% for this year and 32.35% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 15.95% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -20.90%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 154.69 million SWK shares are outstanding with a float of 154.19 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 SWK since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 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 $4.20759 being high and $4.0473 being low. For SWK, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.14748.
