With 2.21 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.75 million shares. The 52-week range on SLQT shows that it touched its highest point at $6.86 and its lowest point at $1.48 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $7.33. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.13.
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 SLQT was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -27.33%, but this was down by -2.24% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 73.02% while six-month performance rose 27.11%. The stock gained 167.48% in the past year, while it has gained 17.20% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SLQT yields -0.09 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.17. For the next quarter, that number is 0.02. This implies an EPS growth rate of 83.33% for this year and 610.01% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 172.13 million SLQT shares are outstanding with a float of 135.85 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 SLQT since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 -$0.17307 being high and -$0.17804 being low. For SLQT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.175. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.
