With 0.66 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.99 million shares. The 52-week range on BW shows that it touched its highest point at $2.99 and its lowest point at $0.75 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $4.50. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.81.
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 BW was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -19.58%, but this was down by -23.84% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -39.15% while six-month performance rose 12.75%. The stock gained 1.77% in the past year, while it has lost -29.88% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BW yields -0.83 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.04. For the next quarter, that number is -0.01. This implies an EPS growth rate of 86.35% for this year and 72.09% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 92.38 million BW shares are outstanding with a float of 88.89 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 BW since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 -$0.14011 being high and -$0.14772 being low. For BW, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.14333. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.16 and the low estimate is -$0.16. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.16.
