With 1.94 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.19 million shares. The 52-week range on LBTYA shows that it touched its highest point at $14.30 and its lowest point at $8.09 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $14.58. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.32.
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 LBTYA was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.50%, but this was down by -3.36% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -13.66% while six-month performance rose 15.31%. The stock gained 24.37% in the past year, while it has lost -9.87% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LBTYA yields -11.04 with Next year EPS estimates of -2.34. For the next quarter, that number is -0.83. This implies an EPS growth rate of 2.10% for this year and 5.70% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 172.86 million LBTYA shares are outstanding with a float of 165.74 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 LBTYA since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 -$1.33967 being high and -$2.72327 being low. For LBTYA, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$2.04245. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.83 and the low estimate is -$0.83. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.83.
