With 2.84 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.97 million shares. The 52-week range on VSAT shows that it touched its highest point at $26.70 and its lowest point at $6.69 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $18.71. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.38.
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 VSAT was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 5.49%, but this was up by 4.78% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 20.50% while six-month performance fell -46.98%. The stock lost -52.26% in the past year, while it has gained 9.46% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VSAT yields -3.27 with Next year EPS estimates of -1.52. For the next quarter, that number is -0.46. This implies an EPS growth rate of -333.02% for this year and 47.79% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 129.12 million VSAT shares are outstanding with a float of 111.82 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 VSAT since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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 -$4.5784 being high and -$5.32495 being low. For VSAT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$5.01583. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.19 and the low estimate is $0.19. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.19.
