With 1.47 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.48 million shares. The 52-week range on AOS shows that it touched its highest point at $92.44 and its lowest point at $58.83 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $74.80. With its current market cap of 9.87 billion, AOS has annualized dividend of $1.34 while the current yield stands at 1.93%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.24.
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 AOS was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.07%, but this was up by 8.72% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 5.18% while six-month performance fell -7.56%. The stock lost -19.34% in the past year, while it has gained 1.77% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AOS yields 3.58 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.19. For the next quarter, that number is 0.98. This implies an EPS growth rate of 1.30% for this year and 10.77% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 6.10% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 10.33%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 118.45 million AOS shares are outstanding with a float of 114.27 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 AOS since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 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 $3.77672 being high and $3.74675 being low. For AOS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.76673.
