With 1.94 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.83 million shares. The 52-week range on GCI shows that it touched its highest point at $5.93 and its lowest point at $2.55 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $5.52. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.63.
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 GCI was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.96%, but this was up by 21.62% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -27.27% while six-month performance fell -34.19%. The stock gained 7.46% in the past year, while it has lost -28.85% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for GCI yields 0.30 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.08. For the next quarter, that number is -0.06. This implies an EPS growth rate of -111.44% for this year and -300.66% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 1.27% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 36.36%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 146.66 million GCI shares are outstanding with a float of 108.18 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 GCI 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 -$0.49759 being high and -$0.52712 being low. For GCI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.51247.
