With 17.12 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 15.79 million shares. The 52-week range on VTRS shows that it touched its highest point at $13.55 and its lowest point at $6.85 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $11.00. With its current market cap of 9.98 billion, VTRS has annualized dividend of $0.48 while the current yield stands at 5.65%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.88.
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 VTRS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -3.30%, but this was up by 8.83% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -24.44% while six-month performance fell -34.62%. The stock lost -23.22% in the past year, while it has lost -31.73% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VTRS yields -3.18 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.44. For the next quarter, that number is 0.55. This implies an EPS growth rate of -15.86% for this year and 9.33% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 1.19 billion VTRS shares are outstanding with a float of 1.14 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 VTRS since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 $2.71295 being high and $2.65289 being low. For VTRS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.68292.
