With 0.55 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.25 million shares. The 52-week range on PTGX shows that it touched its highest point at $60.60 and its lowest point at $27.00 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $68.36. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.20.
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 PTGX was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.66%, but this was down by -1.53% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 20.72% while six-month performance rose 6.80%. The stock gained 44.80% in the past year, while it has gained 18.06% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PTGX yields 0.76 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.52. For the next quarter, that number is -0.19. This implies an EPS growth rate of -133.94% for this year and 63.48% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 61.93 million PTGX shares are outstanding with a float of 58.31 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 PTGX since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 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 $4.72461 being high and $2.49859 being low. For PTGX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.4526.
