With 47.73 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 26.45 million shares. The 52-week range on BTG shows that it touched its highest point at $3.50 and its lowest point at $2.20 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $3.93. With its current market cap of 3.68 billion, BTG has annualized dividend of $0.16 while the current yield stands at 5.73%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.02.
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 BTG was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.79%, but this was up by 16.25% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -3.13% while six-month performance fell -0.36%. The stock gained 8.98% in the past year, while it has gained 14.34% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BTG yields -0.48 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.43. For the next quarter, that number is 0.08. This implies an EPS growth rate of 141.40% for this year and 11.87% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 1.32 billion BTG shares are outstanding with a float of 1.25 billion 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 BTG since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 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 $0.22106 being high and $0.16339 being low. For BTG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.20184.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded BTG 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.
