With 0.53 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.39 million shares. The 52-week range on AVIR shows that it touched its highest point at $4.14 and its lowest point at $2.45 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $6.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.18.
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 AVIR was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 9.15%, but this was up by 8.05% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 11.03% while six-month performance fell -6.94%. The stock lost -10.80% in the past year, while it has lost -3.88% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AVIR yields -1.65 with Next year EPS estimates of -1.64. For the next quarter, that number is -0.41. This implies an EPS growth rate of -0.96% for this year and 18.72% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 16.69% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -63.72%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 85.58 million AVIR shares are outstanding with a float of 69.54 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
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 -$1.74135 being high and -$1.89394 being low. For AVIR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$1.80418. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.4 and the low estimate is -$1.5. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.78.
