With 4.74 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 4.41 million shares. The 52-week range on AGL shows that it touched its highest point at $7.73 and its lowest point at $1.50 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $2.88. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.67.
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 AGL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.15%, but this was down by -0.85% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 124.20% while six-month performance fell -23.97%. The stock lost -48.16% in the past year, while it has gained 85.26% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AGL yields -0.82 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.34. For the next quarter, that number is -0.22. This implies an EPS growth rate of -15.70% for this year and 38.02% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 24.06% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 7.65%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 411.96 million AGL shares are outstanding with a float of 303.23 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 AGL since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 -$0.54627 being high and -$0.5821 being low. For AGL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.55523. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.09 and the low estimate is $0.04. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.04.
