With 0.52 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.75 million shares. The 52-week range on AMTX shows that it touched its highest point at $7.03 and its lowest point at $1.80 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $11.55. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.43.
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 AMTX was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -4.48%, but this was down by -10.70% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -49.21% while six-month performance fell -26.15%. The stock lost -50.26% in the past year, while it has lost -28.62% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AMTX yields -2.26 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.82. For the next quarter, that number is -0.40. This implies an EPS growth rate of -65.47% for this year and 59.58% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 53.77% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 5.64%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 47.82 million AMTX shares are outstanding with a float of 46.66 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 AMTX since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 2 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 -$1.86267 being high and -$2.12598 being low. For AMTX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$2.01871. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.2 and the low estimate is -$0.43. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.31.
