With 1.08 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.9 million shares. The 52-week range on ADTN shows that it touched its highest point at $12.16 and its lowest point at $4.34 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $11.68. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.29.
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 ADTN was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -8.67%, but this was up by 2.90% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 34.34% while six-month performance rose 95.59%. The stock gained 73.29% in the past year, while it has gained 27.73% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ADTN yields -6.51 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.20. For the next quarter, that number is -0.03. This implies an EPS growth rate of 73.73% for this year and 149.16% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 78.97 million ADTN shares are outstanding with a float of 73.60 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 ADTN since 12 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 -$0.37827 being high and -$0.41618 being low. For ADTN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.39667. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.01 and the low estimate is -$0.05. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.03.
