With 1.62 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.01 million shares. The 52-week range on VTYX shows that it touched its highest point at $5.66 and its lowest point at $0.78 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $8.67. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.74.
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 VTYX was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 19.83%, but this was up by 35.51% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -15.70% while six-month performance fell -28.22%. The stock lost -65.39% in the past year, while it has lost -33.79% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VTYX yields -1.75 with Next year EPS estimates of -1.93. For the next quarter, that number is -0.46. This implies an EPS growth rate of 2.03% for this year and 0.13% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 1.46% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -87.13%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 71.16 million VTYX shares are outstanding with a float of 63.07 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 VTYX since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 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 -$2.00598 being high and -$2.18652 being low. For VTYX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$2.09625.
