With 0.79 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 69200.0 shares. The 52-week range on LYEL shows that it touched its highest point at $53.90 and its lowest point at $7.65 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $16.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at -0.26.
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 LYEL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 42.68%, but this was up by 37.84% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -21.12% while six-month performance fell -42.70%. The stock lost -78.30% in the past year, while it has lost -10.47% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LYEL yields -25.01 with Next year EPS estimates of -14.75. For the next quarter, that number is -3.60. This implies an EPS growth rate of 43.48% for this year and 0.52% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 27.12% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -19.90%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 14.76 million LYEL shares are outstanding with a float of 6.03 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 LYEL since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 -$14.41282 being high and -$14.6 being low. For LYEL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$14.6. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$2.4 and the low estimate is -$2.4. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$2.4.
