With 0.68 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.68 million shares. The 52-week range on QNST shows that it touched its highest point at $26.27 and its lowest point at $14.39 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $25.75. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.72.
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 QNST was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.30%, but this was down by -1.98% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -32.20% while six-month performance fell -30.20%. The stock lost -12.88% in the past year, while it has lost -33.46% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for QNST yields -0.02 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.08. For the next quarter, that number is 0.24. This implies an EPS growth rate of 693.51% for this year and 23.73% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 56.94 million QNST shares are outstanding with a float of 53.04 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 QNST since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 $0.12491 being high and $0.0864774 being low. For QNST, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.096086. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.32 and the low estimate is $0.23. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.28.
