With 10.02 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 9.14 million shares. The 52-week range on KOS shows that it touched its highest point at $6.58 and its lowest point at $2.62 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $6.12. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.31.
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 KOS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -8.28%, but this was down by -16.52% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -26.34% while six-month performance fell -39.11%. The stock lost -51.60% in the past year, while it has lost -15.79% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KOS yields 0.39 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.52. For the next quarter, that number is 0.07. This implies an EPS growth rate of -9.77% for this year and 36.45% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 471.89 million KOS shares are outstanding with a float of 451.68 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 KOS since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 $0.87511 being high and $0.19721 being low. For KOS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.51767.
