With 1.58 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.47 million shares. The 52-week range on PCVX shows that it touched its highest point at $121.06 and its lowest point at $27.66 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $125.75. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.20.
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 PCVX was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 13.85%, but this was up by 27.55% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -48.03% while six-month performance fell -59.07%. The stock lost -47.86% in the past year, while it has lost -54.81% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PCVX yields -4.07 with Next year EPS estimates of -4.49. For the next quarter, that number is -1.17. This implies an EPS growth rate of -24.44% for this year and 5.00% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -7.11% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -29.88%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 128.94 million PCVX shares are outstanding with a float of 125.07 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 PCVX since 6 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, 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 -$3.4277 being high and -$4.59814 being low. For PCVX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$3.91074.
