With 77303.0 shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 30850.0 shares. During the session, the Medical Care Facilities company that operates in wider Healthcare sector, reached to the highest price of $7.2472 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $6.82. The 52-week range on AUNA shows that it touched its highest point at $10.85 and its lowest point at $6.17 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $15.00.
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 AUNA was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.77%, but this was up by 0.43% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 6.33% while six-month performance fell -9.62%. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AUNA yields -0.98 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.89. For the next quarter, that number is 0.14. This implies an EPS growth rate of 158.92% for this year and 65.06% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 30.00 million AUNA shares are outstanding with a float of 23.31 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-10-31, short shares totaled 0.23 million, which was 31.0 higher than short shares on 1727654400. In addition to Mr. Jesús Zamora Leon as the firm’s President, CEO & Executive Chairman of the Board, Ms. Gisele Remy Ferrero serves as its CFO & Executive VP.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.70742995 of AUNA’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 2024-06-30, AUNA reported revenue of $1126691000.0 and operating income of $199654000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $345214000.0 and diluted EPS was $1.32.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for AUNA since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 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 AUNA analysts setting a high price target of 22.7 and a low target of 11.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 14.66667. Based on these targets, AUNA could surge 221.99% to reach the target high and rise by 56.03% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 108.04% 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 $0.60278 being high and $0.4928 being low. For AUNA, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.54109.
