With 3.15 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 LIVN shows that it touched its highest point at $64.07 and its lowest point at $32.48 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $62.12. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.85.
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 LIVN was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 17.57%, but this was up by 22.88% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -10.71% while six-month performance fell -14.92%. The stock lost -32.19% in the past year, while it has lost -6.07% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LIVN yields 1.15 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.88. For the next quarter, that number is 0.92. This implies an EPS growth rate of 6.15% for this year and 8.12% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 54.35 million LIVN shares are outstanding with a float of 54.15 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 LIVN since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 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.
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 $3.39845 being high and $3.34847 being low. For LIVN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.36846. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.92 and the low estimate is $0.81. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.87.
