With 0.97 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.24 million shares. The 52-week range on TW shows that it touched its highest point at $152.65 and its lowest point at $101.03 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $152.87. With its current market cap of 33.93 billion, TW has annualized dividend of $0.42 while the current yield stands at 0.29%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.83.
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 TW was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.20%, but this was up by 7.40% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 11.80% while six-month performance rose 10.77%. The stock gained 30.75% in the past year, while it has gained 9.61% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for TW yields 2.43 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.83. For the next quarter, that number is 0.85. This implies an EPS growth rate of 17.19% for this year and 12.04% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 13.59% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 34.23%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 116.44 million TW shares are outstanding with a float of 115.51 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 TW since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 8 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 $2.9214 being high and $2.88138 being low. For TW, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.90139. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.94 and the low estimate is $0.82. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.87.
