With 1.67 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.61 million shares. The 52-week range on PRVA shows that it touched its highest point at $25.67 and its lowest point at $15.92 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $27.71. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.86.
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 PRVA was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.33%, but this was up by 12.01% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 18.09% while six-month performance rose 19.59%. The stock gained 27.30% in the past year, while it has gained 30.23% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PRVA yields 0.10 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.36. For the next quarter, that number is 0.04. This implies an EPS growth rate of 137.06% for this year and 39.03% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 119.95 million PRVA shares are outstanding with a float of 106.42 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 PRVA since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 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 $0.17413 being high and $0.09577333 being low. For PRVA, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.1306. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.24 and the low estimate is $0.2. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.22.
