With 1.79 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.9 million shares. The 52-week range on VTLE shows that it touched its highest point at $58.30 and its lowest point at $23.48 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $43.23. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.82.
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 VTLE was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -17.26%, but this was down by -27.74% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -28.53% while six-month performance fell -37.75%. The stock lost -54.20% in the past year, while it has lost -25.45% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VTLE yields -4.76 with Next year EPS estimates of 8.21. For the next quarter, that number is 2.14. This implies an EPS growth rate of 18.27% for this year and -3.70% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 1.78% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 30.67%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 38.14 million VTLE shares are outstanding with a float of 25.54 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 VTLE since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 $7.43715 being high and $7.05679 being low. For VTLE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $7.23696. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.58 and the low estimate is $1.36. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.03.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded VTLE 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.
