With 1.29 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.67 million shares. The 52-week range on KURA shows that it touched its highest point at $24.17 and its lowest point at $6.98 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $26.69. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.76.
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 KURA was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.33%, but this was down by -16.80% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -32.59% while six-month performance fell -62.05%. The stock lost -64.21% in the past year, while it has lost -13.55% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KURA yields -2.02 with Next year EPS estimates of -1.81. For the next quarter, that number is -0.64. This implies an EPS growth rate of 7.78% for this year and 2.91% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 5.01% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -6.05%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 78.23 million KURA shares are outstanding with a float of 75.15 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 KURA since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 -$2.19936 being high and -$2.57094 being low. For KURA, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$2.45043. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.07 and the low estimate is -$0.87. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.6.
