With 0.57 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.69 million shares. The 52-week range on LEU shows that it touched its highest point at $122.94 and its lowest point at $33.51 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $143.15. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.22.
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 LEU was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.30%, but this was up by 46.97% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -16.00% while six-month performance rose 4.63%. The stock gained 121.39% in the past year, while it has gained 43.75% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LEU yields 6.38 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.51. For the next quarter, that number is 0.87. This implies an EPS growth rate of -13.45% for this year and -9.17% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 16.32 million LEU shares are outstanding with a float of 15.62 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 LEU since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 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 $3.09894 being high and $1.79696 being low. For LEU, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.45333. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.44 and the low estimate is $0.21. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.36.
