With 3.74 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.07 million shares. The 52-week range on VSCO shows that it touched its highest point at $48.73 and its lowest point at $15.12 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $41.45. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.27.
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 VSCO was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -17.82%, but this was down by -35.70% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -38.46% while six-month performance fell -2.42%. The stock lost -18.14% in the past year, while it has lost -43.55% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VSCO yields 1.93 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.80. For the next quarter, that number is 2.30. This implies an EPS growth rate of 4.19% for this year and 18.27% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 11.38% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -12.65%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 79.00 million VSCO shares are outstanding with a float of 70.24 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 VSCO since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 3 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 $2.24081 being high and $2.05831 being low. For VSCO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.14956. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.31 and the low estimate is $0.21. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.26.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded VSCO 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.
