Prepare Yourself for Liftoff: OneSpan Inc (OSPN)

With 0.59 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.39 million shares. The 52-week range on OSPN shows that it touched its highest point at $20.36 and its lowest point at $9.22 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $20.00. With its current market cap of 621.16 million, OSPN has annualized dividend of $0.12 while the current yield stands at 0.73%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.82.

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 OSPN was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -17.42%, but this was down by -15.72% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -5.27% while six-month performance rose 3.74%. The stock gained 72.47% in the past year, while it has lost -11.81% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for OSPN yields 0.74 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.38.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 37.91 million OSPN shares are outstanding with a float of 35.43 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 OSPN 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 $1.35831 being high and $1.24469 being low. For OSPN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.31. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.4 and the low estimate is $0.31. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.34.