With 0.56 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.45 million shares. The 52-week range on YMAB shows that it touched its highest point at $18.19 and its lowest point at $4.25 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $18.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.65.
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 YMAB was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -11.98%, but this was down by -16.38% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -59.31% while six-month performance fell -66.11%. The stock lost -74.05% in the past year, while it has lost -38.06% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for YMAB yields -0.67 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.94. For the next quarter, that number is -0.19. This implies an EPS growth rate of -31.61% for this year and -6.60% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -15.65% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 21.90%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 44.99 million YMAB shares are outstanding with a float of 34.11 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 YMAB since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 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 -$0.55121 being high and -$0.73823 being low. For YMAB, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.62996. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.16 and the low estimate is -$0.28. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.23.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded YMAB 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.
