With 0.19 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.3 million shares. During the session, the Gold company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $2.32 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $2.275. The 52-week range on DC shows that it touched its highest point at $3.25 and its lowest point at $1.84 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $6.62. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.10.
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 DC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.55%, but this was up by 3.60% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 2.68% while six-month performance fell -5.35%. The stock gained 3.60% in the past year, while it has gained 4.55% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for DC yields -0.41 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.08. For the next quarter, that number is -0.03. This implies an EPS growth rate of 81.08% for this year and -14.29% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 93.72 million DC shares are outstanding with a float of 65.68 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-12-13, short shares totaled 1.03 million, which was 109.00000000000001 higher than short shares on 1731628800. In addition to Dr. Stephen T. O’Rourke as the firm’s MD & Non-Independent Co-Chairman, Dr. Robert Allan Quartermain B.Sc., BSc (Hons), DSc, M.Sc., P.Geo. serves as its President, CEO & Co-Chairman of the Board.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.4097 of DC’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, DC reported revenue of $0.0 and operating income of -$10228834.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$9993420.0 and diluted EPS was -$0.11.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for DC since 17 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 13 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With DC analysts setting a high price target of 7.25 and a low target of 6.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 6.625. Based on these targets, DC could surge 215.22% to reach the target high and rise by 160.87% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 188.04% 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 -$0.33 being high and -$0.33 being low. For DC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.33.
