With 0.53 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.26 million shares. The 52-week range on PAYS shows that it touched its highest point at $5.59 and its lowest point at $2.46 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $6.65. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.93.
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 PAYS was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.44%, but this was down by -6.55% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -17.88% while six-month performance fell -42.83%. The stock lost -12.01% in the past year, while it has lost -10.26% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PAYS yields 0.15 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.09. For the next quarter, that number is 0.02. This implies an EPS growth rate of -50.00% for this year and 41.67% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -12.64% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 19.26%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 53.53 million PAYS shares are outstanding with a float of 32.62 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 PAYS 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 $0.06156715 being high and $0.05916453 being low. For PAYS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.06. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.02 and the low estimate is $0.01. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.01.
