With 0.72 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.86 million shares. The 52-week range on GPCR shows that it touched its highest point at $62.74 and its lowest point at $22.33 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $85.82. Beta for the stock currently stands at -2.85.
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 GPCR was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.48%, but this was down by -14.94% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -25.15% while six-month performance fell -40.99%. The stock lost -45.20% in the past year, while it has lost -12.37% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for GPCR yields -2.21 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.78. For the next quarter, that number is -0.23. This implies an EPS growth rate of 0.21% for this year and 3.93% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 57.25 million GPCR shares are outstanding with a float of 53.87 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 GPCR since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 -$0.73212 being high and -$0.99568 being low. For GPCR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.80045. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.18 and the low estimate is -$0.29. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.23.
