With 13.84 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 7.45 million shares. The 52-week range on EXK shows that it touched its highest point at $5.67 and its lowest point at $1.42 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $5.61. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.55.
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 EXK was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -8.35%, but this was up by 7.56% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -21.47% while six-month performance rose 17.43%. The stock gained 161.22% in the past year, while it has gained 4.92% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for EXK yields -0.12 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.22. For the next quarter, that number is -0.01. This implies an EPS growth rate of -823.67% for this year and 409.19% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 246.03 million EXK shares are outstanding with a float of 245.52 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 EXK 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 -$0.0624316 being high and -$0.08171537 being low. For EXK, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.072367. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.01 and the low estimate is -$0.01. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.01.
