With 2.3 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.15 million shares. The 52-week range on ATYR shows that it touched its highest point at $4.66 and its lowest point at $1.42 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $18.55. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.95.
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 ATYR was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.32%, but this was down by -21.28% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -6.12% while six-month performance rose 63.30%. The stock gained 84.94% in the past year, while it has lost -15.19% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ATYR yields -0.94 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.85. For the next quarter, that number is -0.23. This implies an EPS growth rate of 3.09% for this year and 7.09% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.29% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 43.36%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 83.94 million ATYR shares are outstanding with a float of 81.24 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
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 -$0.9009 being high and -$0.92092 being low. For ATYR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.91091. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.21 and the low estimate is -$0.25. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.23.
