With 2.38 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.14 million shares. The 52-week range on PCT shows that it touched its highest point at $15.58 and its lowest point at $4.50 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $14.30. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.62.
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 PCT was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 9.83%, but this was down by -0.61% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -15.26% while six-month performance rose 74.29%. The stock gained 66.89% in the past year, while it has lost -4.10% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PCT yields -1.51 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.66. For the next quarter, that number is -0.22. This implies an EPS growth rate of -140.57% for this year and 56.73% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 11.73% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -650.29%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 173.49 million PCT shares are outstanding with a float of 158.95 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 PCT since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 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 -$1.02019 being high and -$1.61287 being low. For PCT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$1.43798. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.15 and the low estimate is -$0.23. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.19.
