With 0.88 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.98 million shares. The 52-week range on GRPN shows that it touched its highest point at $19.56 and its lowest point at $7.75 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $15.33. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.32.
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 GRPN was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.22%, but this was down by -9.06% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 10.83% while six-month performance fell -15.07%. The stock lost -43.18% in the past year, while it has lost -13.25% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for GRPN yields 0.47 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.11. For the next quarter, that number is -0.04. This implies an EPS growth rate of 47.44% for this year and 140.24% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 39.76 million GRPN shares are outstanding with a float of 21.31 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 GRPN since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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 -$0.17634 being high and -$0.33505 being low. For GRPN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.27333. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.19 and the low estimate is $0.19. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.19.
