With 10.33 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.35 million shares. The 52-week range on CKPT shows that it touched its highest point at $4.50 and its lowest point at $1.38 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $4.33. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.23.
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 CKPT was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 52.09%, but this was up by 21.58% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -4.08% while six-month performance rose 90.48%. The stock gained 84.33% in the past year, while it has gained 25.00% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CKPT yields -1.44 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.26. For the next quarter, that number is -0.16. This implies an EPS growth rate of 72.34% for this year and 70.91% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 45.10 million CKPT shares are outstanding with a float of 35.93 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 CKPT since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 $0.00297898 being high and -$1.75632 being low. For CKPT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.87667. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.1 and the low estimate is -$0.1. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.1.
