With 10.33 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.25 million shares. The 52-week range on VSCO shows that it touched its highest point at $48.73 and its lowest point at $15.12 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $27.68. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.32.
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 VSCO was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -28.73%, but this was down by -44.13% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -54.53% while six-month performance fell -16.19%. The stock lost -28.52% in the past year, while it has lost -54.01% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VSCO yields 1.97 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.62. For the next quarter, that number is 0.02. This implies an EPS growth rate of -12.91% for this year and 11.68% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 78.62 million VSCO shares are outstanding with a float of 70.24 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 VSCO since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 3 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 $2.24081 being high and $2.05831 being low. For VSCO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.14956. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.36 and the low estimate is $0.2. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.31.
