With 20.23 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 13.27 million shares. The 52-week range on VOD shows that it touched its highest point at $10.39 and its lowest point at $8.00 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $11.06. With its current market cap of 23.04 billion, VOD has annualized dividend of $0.72 while the current yield stands at 7.80%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.47.
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 VOD was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.22%, but this was up by 1.76% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 9.96% while six-month performance fell -0.54%. The stock gained 5.70% in the past year, while it has gained 9.19% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VOD yields 1.02 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.00. For the next quarter, that number is 0.23. This implies an EPS growth rate of 13.85% for this year and 8.36% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 2.48 billion VOD shares are outstanding with a float of 2.48 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 VOD since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 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 $0.76812 being high and $0.64484 being low. For VOD, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.71122. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.
