Why QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (QTS) Stock Is Jumping About 3.39 Percent Today
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Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:QTS) is one of the stocks that are grabbing
investor focus today: skyrocketing 3.39% or (1.67 points) to $50.92 from
its previous close of $49.25. Does this growth mean it the best stock
to buy right now? The shares seem to have an active trading volume day
with a reported 415865 contracts so far this session. QTS shares had a
relatively better volume day versus average trading capacity of 408.85
thousand shares, but with a 54.27 million float and a -0.85% run over a
week, it’s definitely worth keeping an eye on. The one year price
forecast for QTS stock indicates that the average analyst price target
is $50.44 per share. This means the stock has a potential decrease of
-0.94% from where the QTS share price has been trading recently which is
between $48.92 and $50.15. There are some brokerage firms that offer
lower targets than the average, with one of them, even setting their
price target at $42. Flipping the other side of the coin, an analyst who
is fully bullish set a price target as high as $56.
During the recent trading session for QTS Realty Trust, Inc.
(NYSE:QTS), the company witnessed their stock rise $1.51 over a week and
surge $2.07 from the price 20 days ago. When compared to their
established 52-week high of $51.19, the high they recorded in their
recent session happens to be lower. Their established 52-week high was
attained by the company on 09/20/19. The recent low of $34.27 stood for a
1.54% since 12/27/18, a data which is good for most investors who are
looking to take advantage of the stock’s recent rise. A beta of 0.59 is
also allocated to the stock. Since the beta is less than one, it implies
that the stock is more volatile than the market, a data that traders
are keeping close attention to. At the moment, the median target price
for QTS is set at $50, a figure which is below the recent 1-year high
the stock witnessed.
Looking at the current readings for QTS Realty Trust, Inc., the
two-week RSI stands at 63.55. This figure suggests that QTS stock, for
now, is neutral, meaning that the shares are stable in terms of price
movement. The stochastic readings, on the other hand, based on the
current QTS readings is similarly very revealing as it has a stochastic
reading of 62.82% at this stage. This figure means that QTS share price
today is being neutral.
Technical chart claims that QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (QTS) would
settle between $49.96/share to $50.67/share level. However, if the stock
price goes below the $48.73 mark, then the market for QTS Realty Trust,
Inc. becomes much weaker. If that happens, the stock price might even
plunge as low as $48.21 for its downside target. The stock is currently
in the green zone of MACD, with the indicator reading 0.11. Traders are
always alerted for the move of a stock above or below the zero line due
to the fact that the reading is an indicator of the position of the
short-term average relative to the long-term average. If the MACD is
above the zero line, then the short-term average relative is above that
of the long-term average, thus implying an upward momentum. Vice versa
is the case if the MACD is below the zero line.
Analysts at Raymond James raised their recommendation on shares of
QTS from Mkt Perform to Outperform in their opinion released on July 31.
Guggenheim analysts bumped their rating on QTS Realty Trust, Inc.
(NYSE:QTS) stock from Neutral to Buy in a separate flash note issued to
investors on October 31. Analysts at Berenberg, made their first call
for the equity with a Hold recommendation, according to a research note
that dated back to September 20.QTS equity has an average rating of
2.36, with the figure leaning towards a bullish end. 14 analysts who
tracked the company were contacted by Reuters. Amongst them, 4 rated the
stock as a hold while the remaining 10 were split even though not
equally. Some analysts rate the stock as a buy or a strong buy while no
rated it as a sell. 10 analysts rated QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:QTS)
as a buy or a strong buy while not a single analyst advised that
investors should desist from purchasing the stock or sell them if they
already own the company’s stock.
Moving on, QTS stock price is currently trading at 215.07X forward
12-month Consensus EPS estimates, and its P/E ratio is 0 while for the
average stock in the same group, the multiple is 35.2. QTS Realty Trust,
Inc. current P/B ratio of 3.1 means it is trading at a discount against
its industry’s 3.5.
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