With 0.54 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.92 million shares. The 52-week range on AGIO shows that it touched its highest point at $62.58 and its lowest point at $27.14 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $55.12. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.77.
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 AGIO was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.42%, but this was up by 1.00% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -42.84% while six-month performance fell -26.05%. The stock gained 5.21% in the past year, while it has gained 3.32% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AGIO yields 11.40 with Next year EPS estimates of -6.03. For the next quarter, that number is -1.76. This implies an EPS growth rate of -162.84% for this year and 17.60% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 57.16 million AGIO shares are outstanding with a float of 55.21 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 AGIO since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 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 $11.83258 being high and $10.51785 being low. For AGIO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $11.44117. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$1.7 and the low estimate is -$1.97. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$1.85.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded AGIO 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.
