Why Buy Stock In Atlas Corp. (ATCO)?
Atlas Corp. (NYSE:ATCO) has a beta value of 1.11 and has seen 0.4 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $3.51B, closed the last trade at $14.26 per share which meant it gained $0.03 on the day or 0.21% during that session. The ATCO stock price is -4.28% off its 52-week high price of $14.87 and 51.54% above the 52-week low of $6.91. The 3-month trading volume is 587.76K shares. The consensus among analysts is that Atlas Corp. (ATCO) is an Overweight stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.30. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 3 out of 7 have rated it as a Hold, with 4 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. Atlas Corp. (NYSE:ATCO) trade information  Sporting 0.21% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on Friday, 07/02/21 when the ATCO stock price touched $14.26 or saw a rise of 1.72%. Year-to-date, Atlas Corp. shares have moved 31.55%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -1.72%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Atlas Corp. (NYSE:ATCO) have changed 5.55%. Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $17.43, which means that the shares value could jump 18.19% from current levels. The projected low price target is $15.00 while the price target rests at a high of $21.00. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -47.27% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -5.19% from current levels. Atlas Corp. (ATCO) estimates and forecasts  Figures show that Atlas Corp. shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The companys shares have gained 31.55% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 36.08%, compared to 16.00% for the industry. If we evaluate the companys growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -19.20% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2021 is a modest -70.10% while over the next 5 years, the companys earnings are expected to increase by 12.10%. ATCO Dividends  Atlas Corp. is expected to release its next earnings report in August this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the companys debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.50 at a share yield of 3.51%. The companys dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months.