Check out these key findings about Bristow Group Inc (VTOL)

With 89663.0 shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.12 million shares. During the session, the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services company that operates in wider Energy sector, reached to the highest price of $35.365 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $34.815. The 52-week range on VTOL shows that it touched its highest point at $41.50 and its lowest point at $24.33 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $47.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.35.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of VTOL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.97%, but this was up by 1.23% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 1.93% while six-month performance rose 6.16%. The stock gained 29.24% in the past year, while it has gained 2.97% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VTOL yields 1.85 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.12. For the next quarter, that number is 0.43. This implies an EPS growth rate of 198.95% for this year and 5.93% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 28.63 million VTOL shares are outstanding with a float of 27.70 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-12-13, short shares totaled 0.46 million, which was 161.0 higher than short shares on 1731628800. In addition to Mr. Christopher S. Bradshaw as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Ms. Jennifer Dawn Whalen serves as its Senior VP & CFO.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.97777003 of VTOL’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-09-30, VTOL reported revenue of $365122000.0 and operating income of $33473000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $57346000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.95.

Analysts Ratings:

In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With VTOL analysts setting a high price target of 50.0 and a low target of 47.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 48.5. Based on these targets, VTOL could surge 41.56% to reach the target high and rise by 33.07% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 37.32% from current levels.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $2.99382 being high and $2.90618 being low. For VTOL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.95.