New Lifetime High Today: Voya Financial (VOYA)
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Trade-Ideas LLC identified
(
) as a new lifetime high candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Voya Financial as such a stock due to the following factors:
- VOYA has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $63.5 million.
- VOYA has traded 15,609 shares today.
- VOYA is trading at a new lifetime high.
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More details on VOYA:
Voya Financial, Inc. operates as a retirement, investment, and insurance company in the United States. The company has five segments: Retirement, Annuities, Investment Management, Individual Life, and Employee Benefits. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 0.1%. VOYA has a PE ratio of 7.7. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Voya Financial a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.
The average volume for Voya Financial has been 1.6 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Voya Financial has a market cap of $10.8 billion and is part of the financial sector and financial services industry. Shares are up 4.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday.
Analysis:
rates Voya Financial as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, compelling growth in net income and revenue growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the growth in the company's earnings per share has not been good.
Highlights from the ratings report include:
- Looking at where the stock is today compared to one year ago, we find that it is not only higher, but it has also clearly outperformed the rise in the S&P 500 over the same period. Although other factors naturally played a role, the company's strong earnings growth was key. Despite the fact that it has already risen in the past year, there is currently no conclusive evidence that warrants the purchase or sale of this stock.
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Diversified Financial Services industry. The net income increased by 154.4% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from $548.10 million to $1,394.50 million.
- Current return on equity exceeded its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a clear sign of strength within the company. Compared to other companies in the Diversified Financial Services industry and the overall market on the basis of return on equity, VOYA FINANCIAL INC has outperformed in comparison with the industry average, but has underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500.
- VOYA FINANCIAL INC reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. However, we anticipate underperformance relative to this pattern in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, VOYA FINANCIAL INC increased its bottom line by earning $9.18 versus $2.27 in the prior year. For the next year, the market is expecting a contraction of 63.8% in earnings ($3.33 versus $9.18).
- You can view the full Voya Financial Ratings Report.
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