With 3.62 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.11 million shares. The 52-week range on AXL shows that it touched its highest point at $7.98 and its lowest point at $4.70 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $6.33. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.66.
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 AXL was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -13.33%, but this was down by -13.00% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -32.09% while six-month performance fell -29.57%. The stock lost -34.25% in the past year, while it has lost -21.96% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AXL yields 0.29 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.59. For the next quarter, that number is 0.07. This implies an EPS growth rate of -2.56% for this year and 18.27% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 117.60 million AXL shares are outstanding with a float of 108.89 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 AXL since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 $0.55499 being high and $0.41868 being low. For AXL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.4771. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.21 and the low estimate is $0.1. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.16.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded AXL 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.
