With 0.55 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.15 million shares. The 52-week range on MRKR shows that it touched its highest point at $5.99 and its lowest point at $0.95 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $8.17. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.45.
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 MRKR was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 23.68%, but this was up by 18.46% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -2.76% while six-month performance fell -56.75%. The stock lost -64.57% in the past year, while it has lost -54.66% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for MRKR yields -1.33 with Next year EPS estimates of -1.78. For the next quarter, that number is -0.29. This implies an EPS growth rate of -62.75% for this year and 8.09% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 7.40% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 23.96%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 11.21 million MRKR shares are outstanding with a float of 7.90 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 MRKR since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 $0.10485 being high and -$1.56485 being low. For MRKR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.73. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.26 and the low estimate is -$0.26. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.26.
