With 15.66 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 3.83 million shares. The 52-week range on VKTX shows that it touched its highest point at $99.41 and its lowest point at $28.64 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $99.29. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.87.
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 VKTX was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 15.49%, but this was up by 0.06% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -30.63% while six-month performance fell -48.49%. The stock lost -4.67% in the past year, while it has lost -15.33% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VKTX yields -1.01 with Next year EPS estimates of -2.16. For the next quarter, that number is -0.33. This implies an EPS growth rate of -57.98% for this year and -35.26% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 111.57 million VKTX shares are outstanding with a float of 108.10 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 VKTX since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 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 -$0.78428 being high and -$1.29059 being low. For VKTX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.96298. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.19 and the low estimate is -$0.43. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.36.
