With 2.11 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.01 million shares. The 52-week range on VSTM shows that it touched its highest point at $13.52 and its lowest point at $2.10 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $15.75. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.87.
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 VSTM was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.99%, but this was up by 61.28% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 27.89% while six-month performance rose 88.37%. The stock lost -36.05% in the past year, while it has gained 41.01% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VSTM yields -3.49 with Next year EPS estimates of -1.56. For the next quarter, that number is -0.70. This implies an EPS growth rate of 35.85% for this year and 33.37% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 49.25% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 31.36%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 51.49 million VSTM shares are outstanding with a float of 45.64 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 VSTM since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 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 -$2.90077 being high and -$3.13162 being low. For VSTM, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$3.03125.
