With 1.68 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.44 million shares. The 52-week range on AUPH shows that it touched its highest point at $10.67 and its lowest point at $5.11 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $10.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.17.
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 AUPH was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.49%, but this was up by 5.16% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 2.26% while six-month performance fell -4.00%. The stock gained 62.35% in the past year, while it has lost -9.24% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AUPH yields 0.28 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.76. For the next quarter, that number is 0.14. This implies an EPS growth rate of 1365.00% for this year and 29.35% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 137.75 million AUPH shares are outstanding with a float of 120.13 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 AUPH 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 $0.1144 being high and -$0.026 being low. For AUPH, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.026.
