With 2.51 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.99 million shares. The 52-week range on VKTX shows that it touched its highest point at $81.73 and its lowest point at $18.92 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $90.26. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.65.
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 VKTX was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.10%, but this was down by -9.37% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -5.27% while six-month performance fell -51.18%. The stock lost -56.93% in the past year, while it has lost -33.87% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VKTX yields -1.15 with Next year EPS estimates of -2.56. For the next quarter, that number is -0.44. This implies an EPS growth rate of -86.44% for this year and -35.94% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 112.29 million VKTX shares are outstanding with a float of 108.99 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 VKTX since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 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 -$0.78428 being high and -$1.29059 being low. For VKTX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.96298.
