With 0.84 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.47 million shares. The 52-week range on SUPN shows that it touched its highest point at $40.28 and its lowest point at $25.53 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $38.80. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.94.
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 SUPN was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.25%, but this was down by -14.37% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.52% while six-month performance fell -9.02%. The stock gained 3.16% in the past year, while it has lost -11.53% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SUPN yields 1.32 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.55. For the next quarter, that number is 0.37. This implies an EPS growth rate of -34.98% for this year and 24.96% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 0.92% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -8.87%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 55.74 million SUPN shares are outstanding with a float of 53.35 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 SUPN since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 $2.95342 being high and $2.83328 being low. For SUPN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.87333. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.49 and the low estimate is $0.46. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.48.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded SUPN 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.
