With 2.5 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.48 million shares. The 52-week range on GPRE shows that it touched its highest point at $24.04 and its lowest point at $5.96 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $12.62. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.50.
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 GPRE was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.50%, but this was down by -33.12% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -41.75% while six-month performance fell -54.05%. The stock lost -72.84% in the past year, while it has lost -34.81% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for GPRE yields -1.38 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.62. For the next quarter, that number is -0.58. This implies an EPS growth rate of 50.21% for this year and 195.77% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 64.71 million GPRE shares are outstanding with a float of 63.15 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 GPRE since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 -$0.64909 being high and -$1.09534 being low. For GPRE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.86545. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.14 and the low estimate is -$0.34. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.26.
