With 1.31 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.29 million shares. The 52-week range on VIR shows that it touched its highest point at $14.45 and its lowest point at $4.32 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $29.75. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.19.
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 VIR was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -9.54%, but this was down by -15.36% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -52.33% while six-month performance fell -50.27%. The stock lost -54.37% in the past year, while it has lost -37.33% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VIR yields -4.22 with Next year EPS estimates of -3.19. For the next quarter, that number is -0.78. This implies an EPS growth rate of 13.97% for this year and 3.20% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.97% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -18.74%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 138.06 million VIR shares are outstanding with a float of 88.15 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 VIR since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 -$3.66423 being high and -$3.98113 being low. For VIR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$3.8821.
