With 1.79 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.79 million shares. The 52-week range on LDI shows that it touched its highest point at $3.22 and its lowest point at $1.52 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $2.75. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.84.
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 LDI was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.83%, but this was down by -2.42% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -29.07% while six-month performance fell -33.20%. The stock lost -38.55% in the past year, while it has lost -21.08% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LDI yields -0.51 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.27. For the next quarter, that number is -0.02. This implies an EPS growth rate of 115.68% for this year and 228.32% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 90.51 million LDI shares are outstanding with a float of 72.74 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 LDI since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 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 -$0.19371 being high and -$0.22139 being low. For LDI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.20755. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.05 and the low estimate is $0.05. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.05.
