This trade activity should not be overlooked: CoreCivic Inc (CXW)

With 1.12 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.18 million shares. The 52-week range on CXW shows that it touched its highest point at $24.99 and its lowest point at $10.74 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $30.70. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.78.

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 CXW was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.45%, but this was down by -0.81% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 15.01% while six-month performance fell -8.44%. The stock gained 43.93% in the past year, while it has gained 0.83% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CXW yields 0.76 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.47. For the next quarter, that number is 0.20. This implies an EPS growth rate of 45.81% for this year and 62.98% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 109.32 million CXW shares are outstanding with a float of 105.19 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 CXW since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 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 $0.5453 being high and $0.50719 being low. For CXW, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.542.