Taking on analysts’ expectations and winning: Western Copper & Gold Corp (WRN)

With 1.07 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.27 million shares. The 52-week range on WRN shows that it touched its highest point at $1.66 and its lowest point at $0.95 during that stretch. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.78.

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 WRN was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.31%, but this was up by 4.90% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -8.55% while six-month performance fell -7.76%. The stock gained 10.31% in the past year, while it has gained 1.90% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WRN yields -0.02 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.02. For the next quarter, that number is -0.01. This implies an EPS growth rate of 33.30% for this year and 17.00% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 198.23 million WRN shares are outstanding with a float of 177.52 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 WRN since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 -$0.03575099 being high and -$0.03575099 being low. For WRN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.03575099.