With 0.54 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.24 million shares. The 52-week range on NPCE shows that it touched its highest point at $17.85 and its lowest point at $5.45 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $17.57. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.22.
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 NPCE was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 27.15%, but this was up by 57.55% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 26.49% while six-month performance rose 85.79%. The stock gained 88.26% in the past year, while it has gained 51.92% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NPCE yields -0.83 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.62. For the next quarter, that number is -0.22. This implies an EPS growth rate of 11.20% for this year and 25.01% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 29.55% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 5.83%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 32.75 million NPCE shares are outstanding with a float of 22.63 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 NPCE since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 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 -$0.9526 being high and -$1.01152 being low. For NPCE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.98206.
