With 50.74 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 48.8 million shares. The 52-week range on BTG shows that it touched its highest point at $3.51 and its lowest point at $2.20 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $4.41. With its current market cap of 3.88 billion, BTG has annualized dividend of $0.14 while the current yield stands at 4.76%. 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 BTG was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.65%, but this was down by -11.18% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 13.51% while six-month performance rose 4.63%. The stock gained 6.91% in the past year, while it has gained 20.49% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BTG yields -0.47 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.48. For the next quarter, that number is 0.11. This implies an EPS growth rate of 204.42% for this year and -1.39% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 1.32 billion BTG shares are outstanding with a float of 1.24 billion 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 BTG since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 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 $0.2263 being high and $0.16726 being low. For BTG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.20662.
