With 5.36 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.89 million shares. The 52-week range on PGEN shows that it touched its highest point at $2.17 and its lowest point at $0.65 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $6.33. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.58.
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 PGEN was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -14.36%, but this was up by 24.46% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 106.76% while six-month performance rose 54.46%. The stock gained 20.14% in the past year, while it has gained 54.46% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PGEN yields -0.55 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.22. For the next quarter, that number is -0.05. This implies an EPS growth rate of -14.53% for this year and 50.00% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 292.87 million PGEN shares are outstanding with a float of 162.74 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 PGEN since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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 -$0.44338 being high and -$0.48462 being low. For PGEN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.464. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.05 and the low estimate is -$0.06. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.05.
