CenturyLink (CTL):
The earnings per share of the company show a growth of -60.30% for the current year and should achieve a growth in profits for the next year to 9.17%. The analyst predicted growth of ESP over the next 5 years to -7.42%. The EPS growth rate of the company in the last five years was -18.10%. The rate of earnings growth for the next few years is an important measure for investors wishing to hold a stock for several years. The company's earnings usually have a direct relationship with the price of the company's shares. The stock recorded a sales growth of -0.80% over the last 5 years. The quarter of EPS growth in the quarter is 49.40% and the quarter of sales growth in the quarter is 44.20%.
CenturyLink (CTL) a change of 0.13% was observed, pushing the price to $ 15.27 per share in the recently concluded trading session Friday. The last trading activity showed that the price of the shares was reduced by 9.31% from the minimum of 52 weeks and traded with a -36.90% variation from the maximum of prints in the last 52-week period. The Company has maintained 1072.55 million floating shares and holds 1108.94 million outstanding shares.
The share price has moved -30.84% from the maximum of 50 days and 9.31% from the minimum of 50 days. Analyze the consensus score of 2.7. For the next one-year period, the average of individual target price estimates reported by sell-side analysts is $ 20.86.
As has been a brief look at profitability, the company profit margin was 7.80% and the operating margin was 12.6%. The company maintained a gross margin of 53.40%. The corporate ownership of the company is 76.60% while the insider property is 0.50%. The company maintained the return on investment (ROI) at 2.90% in the previous 12 months and was able to maintain the return on invested capital (ROA) at 2.40% in the last twelve months. Return on equity (ROE) registered at 7.70%.
CenturyLink (CTL) the recent trading volume of the shares is equal to 12124425 shares compared to the average volume of 11494.88 K shares. The relative volume observed at 1.05.
The volume of exchanges can help an investor to identify the momentum in an action and confirm a trend. If trade volumes increase, prices generally move in the same direction. That is, if security continues to rise in an upward trend, even the volume of security should increase and vice versa. Trading volume can also signal when an investor should profit and sell a stock due to low activity. If there is no relationship between the volume of trade and the price of a security, this signals weakness in the current trend and a possible reversal.
The current ratio of 0.8 is mainly used to give an idea of a company's ability to repay its liabilities (debts and payables) with its assets (liquidity, marketable securities, inventory, receivables). As such, the current relationship can be used to make a rough estimate of a company's financial health. The quick ratio of 0.8 is a measure of a company's ability to meet its short-term financial liabilities with fast assets (cash and cash equivalents, short-term marketable securities and credits). The greater the relationship, the greater the financial security of a company in the short term. A common rule of thumb is that companies with a rapid ratio above 1.0 are sufficiently able to meet their short-term liabilities.
The long-term debt / equity shows a value of 1.57 with a total debt / equity of 1.6. It provides investors with the idea of the company's leverage, measured by dividing total liabilities from shareholders' equity. It also illustrates the debt that the company is using to finance its assets in relation to the value represented in equity.
Moving averages help technical traders track financial assets by mitigating daily price fluctuations or noise. By identifying trends, moving averages allow operators to make sure that trends work in their favor and increase the number of winning operations. The shorter the period of a moving average, the more rapidly it will change with the price action. However, it is more likely to provide less reliable signals than those provided by a longer-term moving average. The longer the period of a moving average, the more slowly it will change with the price action. However, the signals it provides are more reliable.
CenturyLink (CTL) inventories fell -9.42% in contrast to the 20-day moving average, showing a short-term downward movement in stocks. It moved -18.64% below the simple 50-day moving average. This is showing a medium-term bearish trend based on SMA 50. The share price went underground -20.67% compared to the 200-day moving average which identified a long-term downtrend.
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