Taking on analysts’ expectations and winning: Veritex Holdings Inc (VBTX)

With 0.61 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.4 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $24.03 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $22.84. The 52-week range on VBTX shows that it touched its highest point at $31.62 and its lowest point at $18.74 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $30.33. With its current market cap of 1.20 billion, VBTX has annualized dividend of $0.80 while the current yield stands at 3.44%. VBTX paid its most recent dividend on 1739491200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1739491200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.02.

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 VBTX was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 7.84%, but this was down by -7.52% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.03% while six-month performance fell -15.52%. The stock gained 16.13% in the past year, while it has lost -14.40% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VBTX yields 1.95 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.44. For the next quarter, that number is 0.55. This implies an EPS growth rate of 13.68% for this year and 10.30% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 54.52 million VBTX shares are outstanding with a float of 52.10 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-31, short shares totaled 1.58 million, which was 291.0 higher than short shares on 1740700800. In addition to Mr. Charles Malcolm Holland III as the firm’s Chairman & CEO, Mr. Terry S. Earley CPA serves as its Senior EVP & CFO.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.92990994 of VBTX’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for VBTX since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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. With VBTX analysts setting a high price target of 33.0 and a low target of 27.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 30.33333. Based on these targets, VBTX could surge 41.94% to reach the target high and rise by 16.13% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 30.47% from current levels.

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 $2.06889 being high and $2.04055 being low. For VBTX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.05. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.6 and the low estimate is $0.52. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.57.