With 4.64 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 3.23 million shares. The 52-week range on BLND shows that it touched its highest point at $5.53 and its lowest point at $2.08 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $5.14. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.38.
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 BLND was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.96%, but this was down by -23.46% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -41.40% while six-month performance fell -8.55%. The stock gained 17.42% in the past year, while it has lost -26.37% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BLND yields -0.24 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.11. For the next quarter, that number is -0.01. This implies an EPS growth rate of 139.28% for this year and 131.85% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 254.43 million BLND shares are outstanding with a float of 204.16 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 BLND 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 -$0.06171929 being high and -$0.07310209 being low. For BLND, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.068152. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.03 and the low estimate is $0.0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.02.
