With 17.89 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 12.56 million shares. The 52-week range on EXK shows that it touched its highest point at $5.67 and its lowest point at $2.46 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $5.73. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.42.
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 EXK was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 12.40%, but this was up by 18.95% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 13.02% while six-month performance fell -1.45%. The stock gained 1.24% in the past year, while it has gained 11.48% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for EXK yields -0.25 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.42. For the next quarter, that number is 0.01. This implies an EPS growth rate of 137.50% for this year and 487.47% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 131.56% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 18.21%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 289.54 million EXK shares are outstanding with a float of 288.82 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 EXK since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 -$0.05174059 being high and -$0.08949044 being low. For EXK, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.072178.
