With 1.15 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 XNCR shows that it touched its highest point at $27.24 and its lowest point at $14.18 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $30.30. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.78.
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 XNCR was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.08%, but this was down by -22.59% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -44.77% while six-month performance fell -18.26%. The stock lost -38.34% in the past year, while it has lost -38.42% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for XNCR yields -3.64 with Next year EPS estimates of -2.37. For the next quarter, that number is -0.58. This implies an EPS growth rate of 27.20% for this year and 9.21% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 70.26 million XNCR shares are outstanding with a float of 66.29 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 XNCR since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 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 -$3.44277 being high and -$3.94028 being low. For XNCR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$3.66167. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.53 and the low estimate is -$0.83. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.67.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded XNCR 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.
