With 0.64 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.51 million shares. The 52-week range on METC shows that it touched its highest point at $20.17 and its lowest point at $8.34 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $15.50. With its current market cap of 444.69 million, METC has annualized dividend of $0.41 while the current yield stands at 4.91%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.15.
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 METC was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -4.11%, but this was down by -12.11% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -38.84% while six-month performance fell -16.05%. The stock lost -55.10% in the past year, while it has lost -16.90% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for METC yields 0.69 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.63. For the next quarter, that number is -0.12. This implies an EPS growth rate of 350.00% for this year and 229.29% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 43.80 million METC shares are outstanding with a float of 26.96 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 METC 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 $0.06484399 being high and $0.05459442 being low. For METC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.06.
