Adversity is less terrifying than hope: EVgo Inc (EVGO)

With 3.37 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 6.01 million shares. The 52-week range on EVGO shows that it touched its highest point at $9.07 and its lowest point at $1.65 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $8.05. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.32.

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 EVGO was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 14.23%, but this was down by -8.21% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -38.02% while six-month performance fell -16.76%. The stock gained 17.67% in the past year, while it has lost -22.72% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for EVGO yields -0.42 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.33. For the next quarter, that number is -0.10. This implies an EPS growth rate of 11.37% for this year and 17.84% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 130.69 million EVGO shares are outstanding with a float of 123.56 million shares on hand for trading.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for EVGO since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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.

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 -$0.36238 being high and -$0.53451 being low. For EVGO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.40768.