With 66.13 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 65.74 million shares. The 52-week range on PLUG shows that it touched its highest point at $4.90 and its lowest point at $1.57 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $2.71. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.96.
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 PLUG was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.68%, but this was down by -18.23% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -16.58% while six-month performance fell -22.07%. The stock lost -55.50% in the past year, while it has lost -22.07% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PLUG yields -2.12 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.63. For the next quarter, that number is -0.23. This implies an EPS growth rate of 46.03% for this year and 49.23% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 43.03% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -45.13%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 880.45 million PLUG shares are outstanding with a float of 870.75 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 PLUG since 16 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 8 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 3 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 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 -$0.68728 being high and -$1.39508 being low. For PLUG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$1.24121.
