With 1.93 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.42 million shares. The 52-week range on VUZI shows that it touched its highest point at $5.79 and its lowest point at $0.83 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $2.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.65.
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 VUZI was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -16.85%, but this was down by -42.29% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -5.69% while six-month performance rose 137.85%. The stock gained 53.64% in the past year, while it has lost -41.12% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VUZI yields -1.22 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.47. For the next quarter, that number is -0.12. This implies an EPS growth rate of -26.58% for this year and 53.00% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 73.62 million VUZI shares are outstanding with a float of 60.90 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 VUZI since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 -$1 being high and -$1 being low. For VUZI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$1.
