HCP (HCP):
The earnings per share of the company shows a growth of 18.80% for the current year and is expected to achieve a profit growth for the next year at 2.04%. The analyst predicted a growth of ESP for the next 5 years to 2.50%. The EPS growth rate of the company in the last five years was-12.60%. 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 an increase in sales of -0.30% over the last 5 years. Sales growth in the quarter is 0.40%.
HCP (HCP) resolved with a 2.07% change that pushed the price to $ 28.56 per share in the recently concluded trading session Tuesday. The last trading activity showed that the share price fell 32.96% from its minimum of 52 weeks and traded with a -5.63% variation from the highest prints in the last 52-week period. The Company has maintained 476.49 million floating shares and holds 478.31 million outstanding shares.
The share price has moved -5.63% from the maximum of 50 days and 16.71% from the minimum of 50 days. Analyze the consensus score of 2.7. For the next one-year period, the average of individual price target estimates reported by sell-side analysts is $ 28.78.
As has been a brief look at profitability, the company profit margin was 9.10% and the operating margin was 16.6%. The company maintained a gross margin of 60.70%. The corporate ownership of the company is 90.90% while the insider property is 0.10%. The company maintained the return on investment (ROI) at 2.60% compared to the previous 12 months and was able to maintain the return on invested capital (ROA) of 1.20% in the last twelve months. Return on equity (ROE) recorded at 3.30%.
HCP (HCP) The volume of recent exchanges of the shares is equal to 3083240 shares compared to the average volume of 3685.69 thousand shares. The relative volume observed at 0.84.
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 long-term debt / equity shows a value of 1.34 with a total debt / equity of 1.34. 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.
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HCP (HCP) inventories fell by -1.71% in contrast to the 20-day moving average, showing a short-term downward movement. It moved 2.77% above the simple 50-day moving average. This is showing a medium-term bullish trend based on SMA 50. The share price has risen above 12.23% from its 200-day moving average which identifies the long-term uptrend.
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