With 0.67 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.6 million shares. The 52-week range on VLRS shows that it touched its highest point at $9.57 and its lowest point at $5.15 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $11.72. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.15.
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 VLRS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -9.23%, but this was down by -30.43% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -34.72% while six-month performance fell -7.55%. The stock lost -24.83% in the past year, while it has lost -25.94% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VLRS yields 1.09 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.96. For the next quarter, that number is -0.37. This implies an EPS growth rate of -38.39% for this year and 43.92% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 27.75% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -4.46%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 114.97 million VLRS shares are outstanding with a float of 94.01 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 VLRS since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 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 $25.21619 being high and $22.81465 being low. For VLRS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $24.21555. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.06 and the low estimate is -$0.39. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.13.
