With 1.91 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.66 million shares. The 52-week range on GAU shows that it touched its highest point at $2.00 and its lowest point at $0.89 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $2.27. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.05.
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 GAU was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.27%, but this was up by 10.26% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.84% while six-month performance fell -21.34%. The stock gained 29.00% in the past year, while it has gained 4.88% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for GAU yields -0.01 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.28. For the next quarter, that number is 0.06. This implies an EPS growth rate of 4.58% for this year and 123.06% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 256.94 million GAU shares are outstanding with a float of 195.62 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 GAU 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 $0.15894 being high and $0.07946875 being low. For GAU, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.12715. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.06 and the low estimate is $0.03. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.05.
