With 11.9 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 9.95 million shares. The 52-week range on NXE shows that it touched its highest point at $8.96 and its lowest point at $3.91 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $9.30. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.55.
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 NXE was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.75%, but this was up by 16.29% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 38.05% while six-month performance fell -20.67%. The stock lost -3.77% in the past year, while it has gained 0.61% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NXE yields -0.15 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.11. For the next quarter, that number is -0.02. This implies an EPS growth rate of -23.82% for this year and 8.92% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -14.20% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -25.34%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 569.19 million NXE shares are outstanding with a float of 519.72 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 NXE since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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 -$0.06123327 being high and -$0.09184991 being low. For NXE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.07654159.