With 0.81 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.91 million shares. The 52-week range on EYPT shows that it touched its highest point at $29.31 and its lowest point at $5.90 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $33.42. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.39.
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 EYPT was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.03%, but this was down by -13.50% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -38.32% while six-month performance fell -18.41%. The stock lost -77.75% in the past year, while it has lost -13.15% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for EYPT yields -2.01 with Next year EPS estimates of -2.52. For the next quarter, that number is -0.49. This implies an EPS growth rate of -19.37% for this year and -15.82% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -15.63% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 29.57%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 68.25 million EYPT shares are outstanding with a float of 59.19 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 EYPT 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.
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 -$1.85633 being high and -$2.30512 being low. For EYPT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$2.17252. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.44 and the low estimate is -$0.64. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.56.
