With 1.13 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.67 million shares. The 52-week range on PHAT shows that it touched its highest point at $19.71 and its lowest point at $2.21 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $17.62. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.09.
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 PHAT was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.47%, but this was down by -0.93% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -23.01% while six-month performance fell -53.25%. The stock lost -58.70% in the past year, while it has lost -47.66% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PHAT yields -5.24 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.32. For the next quarter, that number is -0.90. This implies an EPS growth rate of 42.60% for this year and 89.46% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 69.64 million PHAT shares are outstanding with a float of 37.92 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 PHAT since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 2 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 -$4.0927 being high and -$6.4312 being low. For PHAT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$5.29391. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.34 and the low estimate is -$0.75. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.55.
