With 2.23 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.28 million shares. The 52-week range on A shows that it touched its highest point at $154.49 and its lowest point at $96.43 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $138.13. With its current market cap of 31.27 billion, A has annualized dividend of $0.97 while the current yield stands at 0.88%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.23.
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 A was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.42%, but this was up by 4.46% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -18.98% while six-month performance fell -13.58%. The stock lost -29.07% in the past year, while it has lost -18.36% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for A yields 4.35 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.05. For the next quarter, that number is 1.26. This implies an EPS growth rate of 4.87% for this year and 9.02% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.02% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 5.63%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 285.23 million A shares are outstanding with a float of 283.95 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 A since 11 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 $5.24945 being high and $5.22945 being low. For A, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.23945. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.47 and the low estimate is $1.34. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.4.
