With 2.32 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.63 million shares. The 52-week range on PTGX shows that it touched its highest point at $48.89 and its lowest point at $24.22 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $59.91. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.33.
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 PTGX was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.94%, but this was down by -1.58% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -14.12% while six-month performance fell -9.94%. The stock gained 26.52% in the past year, while it has lost -0.26% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PTGX yields 4.21 with Next year EPS estimates of -1.03. For the next quarter, that number is -0.07. This implies an EPS growth rate of -131.21% for this year and 22.23% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 61.04 million PTGX shares are outstanding with a float of 57.79 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 PTGX since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 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 $4.97466 being high and $2.63083 being low. For PTGX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.63533. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.05 and the low estimate is -$0.75. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.53.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded PTGX stock several times over the past three months with 0 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 0 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has remained unchanged to 0 while that of sell transactions has remained unmoved to 0 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 0 while 0 shares were sold.
