With 1.17 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.91 million shares. The 52-week range on EPRT shows that it touched its highest point at $34.88 and its lowest point at $26.07 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $35.75. With its current market cap of 6.34 billion, EPRT has annualized dividend of $1.17 while the current yield stands at 3.66%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.12.
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 EPRT was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.66%, but this was up by 1.68% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 2.86% while six-month performance fell -3.82%. The stock gained 17.47% in the past year, while it has gained 2.33% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for EPRT yields 1.16 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.31. For the next quarter, that number is 0.31. This implies an EPS growth rate of 7.72% for this year and 6.11% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 7.19% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 12.69%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 197.51 million EPRT shares are outstanding with a float of 194.42 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 EPRT since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 $1.16282 being high and $1.14954 being low. For EPRT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.15618. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.33 and the low estimate is $0.32. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.32.
