With 0.62 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.41 million shares. The 52-week range on LPRO shows that it touched its highest point at $7.49 and its lowest point at $4.33 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $7.38. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.38.
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 LPRO was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.16%, but this was down by -28.80% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -21.19% while six-month performance fell -16.97%. The stock lost -34.31% in the past year, while it has lost -24.62% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LPRO yields 0.04 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.19. For the next quarter, that number is 0.02. This implies an EPS growth rate of -47.12% for this year and 96.35% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 15.99% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 18.40%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 119.26 million LPRO shares are outstanding with a float of 108.45 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 LPRO since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 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 $0.10471 being high and $0.0761496 being low. For LPRO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.095187. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.05 and the low estimate is $0.03. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.04.
