With 0.54 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.32 million shares. The 52-week range on AGYS shows that it touched its highest point at $142.64 and its lowest point at $74.03 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $141.50. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.98.
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 AGYS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -9.99%, but this was down by -17.88% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -36.20% while six-month performance fell -27.84%. The stock lost -1.28% in the past year, while it has lost -40.35% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AGYS yields 0.79 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.69. For the next quarter, that number is 0.29. This implies an EPS growth rate of 16.59% for this year and 31.77% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 27.96 million AGYS shares are outstanding with a float of 26.52 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 AGYS since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 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 $1.09075 being high and $1.03416 being low. For AGYS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.05587. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.37 and the low estimate is $0.32. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.34.
