With 1.32 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.44 million shares. The 52-week range on QDEL shows that it touched its highest point at $49.45 and its lowest point at $23.77 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $47.38. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.10.
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 QDEL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.62%, but this was up by 10.36% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -23.31% while six-month performance fell -25.49%. The stock lost -30.37% in the past year, while it has lost -31.16% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for QDEL yields -4.96 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.23. For the next quarter, that number is -0.01. This implies an EPS growth rate of 28.99% for this year and 35.39% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 67.50 million QDEL shares are outstanding with a float of 66.23 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 QDEL since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 $1.91648 being high and $1.74225 being low. For QDEL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.81399. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.91 and the low estimate is $0.57. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.73.
