With 2.3 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.15 million shares. The 52-week range on GPRE shows that it touched its highest point at $20.54 and its lowest point at $3.14 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $9.56. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.08.
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 GPRE was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.93%, but this was up by 7.42% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -53.74% while six-month performance fell -70.73%. The stock lost -80.73% in the past year, while it has lost -59.55% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for GPRE yields -1.38 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.42. For the next quarter, that number is -0.28. This implies an EPS growth rate of 28.26% for this year and 145.09% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 64.71 million GPRE shares are outstanding with a float of 59.61 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 GPRE since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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 -$0.64909 being high and -$1.09534 being low. For GPRE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.86545. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.38 and the low estimate is -$0.35. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.01.
