With 0.5 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.43 million shares. The 52-week range on VSTM shows that it touched its highest point at $13.82 and its lowest point at $2.10 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $12.57. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.59.
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 VSTM was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -7.04%, but this was up by 2.90% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 48.69% while six-month performance rose 131.84%. The stock lost -55.17% in the past year, while it has gained 9.86% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VSTM yields -3.19 with Next year EPS estimates of -2.56. For the next quarter, that number is -0.83. This implies an EPS growth rate of 23.45% for this year and 15.38% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 26.63% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 24.76%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 40.26 million VSTM shares are outstanding with a float of 39.48 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 VSTM since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 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 -$2.90077 being high and -$3.13162 being low. For VSTM, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$3.03125. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.67 and the low estimate is -$0.94. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.81.
