With 2.1 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.44 million shares. The 52-week range on ASPI shows that it touched its highest point at $9.33 and its lowest point at $1.86 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $8.50. Beta for the stock currently stands at 3.55.
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 ASPI was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -17.25%, but this was down by -16.08% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -36.50% while six-month performance rose 125.12%. The stock gained 65.51% in the past year, while it has gained 4.86% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ASPI yields -0.60 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.15. For the next quarter, that number is -0.09. This implies an EPS growth rate of -16.33% for this year and 73.68% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 68.41 million ASPI shares are outstanding with a float of 54.23 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 ASPI since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.06 and the low estimate is -$0.06. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.06.
