With 0.21 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.32 million shares. During the session, the Aerospace & Defense company that operates in wider Industrials sector, reached to the highest price of $15.79 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $15.4872. The 52-week range on ATRO shows that it touched its highest point at $23.74 and its lowest point at $14.13 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $24.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.79.
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 ATRO was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.26%, but this was down by -5.11% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -21.80% while six-month performance fell -23.60%. The stock lost -2.26% in the past year, while it has lost -2.26% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ATRO yields -0.18 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.17. For the next quarter, that number is 0.21. This implies an EPS growth rate of 163.75% for this year and 129.41% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 29.44 million ATRO shares are outstanding with a float of 29.03 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-12-13, short shares totaled 1.78 million, which was 505.00000000000006 higher than short shares on 1731628800. In addition to Mr. Peter J. Gundermann as the firm’s Chairman, CEO & President, Mr. David C. Burney serves as its Executive VP of Finance, CFO & Treasurer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.73402 of ATRO’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 2024-09-28, ATRO reported revenue of $586886000.0 and operating income of $17590000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $30618000.0 and diluted EPS was -$0.38.
Analysts Ratings:
In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With ATRO analysts setting a high price target of 28.0 and a low target of 20.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 24.0. Based on these targets, ATRO could surge 79.49% to reach the target high and rise by 28.21% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 53.85% 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 $0.51055 being high and $0.50945 being low. For ATRO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.51.
