With 1.41 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.11 million shares. The 52-week range on ASTL shows that it touched its highest point at $12.14 and its lowest point at $4.17 during that stretch. With its current market cap of 536.19 million, ASTL has annualized dividend of $0.25 while the current yield stands at 4.89%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.56.
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 ASTL was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -7.26%, but this was down by -11.28% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -21.87% while six-month performance fell -52.11%. The stock lost -34.23% in the past year, while it has lost -47.75% so far this year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 104.93 million ASTL shares are outstanding with a float of 90.31 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 ASTL 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 $0.54057 being high and -$3.4785 being low. For ASTL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$1.48071. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.53 and the low estimate is -$0.9. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.71.
