With 1.0 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.2 million shares. The 52-week range on BVN shows that it touched its highest point at $18.84 and its lowest point at $11.50 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $15.91. With its current market cap of 3.68 billion, BVN has annualized dividend of $0.29 while the current yield stands at 2.02%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.41.
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 BVN was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.36%, but this was down by -2.82% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 9.19% while six-month performance rose 22.99%. The stock lost -15.25% in the past year, while it has gained 25.87% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BVN yields 1.90 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.88. For the next quarter, that number is 0.37. This implies an EPS growth rate of -12.71% for this year and 35.52% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 253.72 million BVN shares are outstanding with a float of 253.39 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 BVN since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 $1.52223 being high and $1.44349 being low. For BVN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.48286. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.32 and the low estimate is $0.32. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.32.
