With 1.06 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.95 million shares. The 52-week range on KPTI shows that it touched its highest point at $1.70 and its lowest point at $0.53 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $4.50. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.09.
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 KPTI was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.85%, but this was down by -10.20% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -24.68% while six-month performance fell -24.24%. The stock lost -50.55% in the past year, while it has lost -11.52% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KPTI yields -1.14 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.59. For the next quarter, that number is -0.27. This implies an EPS growth rate of 3.38% for this year and 34.18% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 34.75% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 16.79%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 125.30 million KPTI shares are outstanding with a float of 116.23 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 KPTI since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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 -$0.46361 being high and -$0.91067 being low. For KPTI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.68714. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.17 and the low estimate is -$0.28. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.23.
