With 5.83 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 6.21 million shares. The 52-week range on O shows that it touched its highest point at $64.70 and its lowest point at $50.47 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $61.08. With its current market cap of 50.03 billion, O has annualized dividend of $2.61 while the current yield stands at 4.71%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.75.
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 O was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.51%, but this was down by -2.82% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 0.87% while six-month performance fell -3.77%. The stock gained 1.78% in the past year, while it has gained 3.73% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for O yields 1.10 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.51. For the next quarter, that number is 0.35. This implies an EPS growth rate of 40.97% for this year and 9.20% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 16.97% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -6.64%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 903.06 million O shares are outstanding with a float of 901.64 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 O since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 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 $1.19644 being high and $1.18507 being low. For O, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.1936.
