With 2.08 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.0 million shares. The 52-week range on LSCC shows that it touched its highest point at $70.55 and its lowest point at $34.69 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $63.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.52.
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 LSCC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 7.07%, but this was down by -8.91% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.97% while six-month performance fell -11.55%. The stock lost -16.06% in the past year, while it has lost -9.96% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LSCC yields 0.37 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.45. For the next quarter, that number is 0.24. This implies an EPS growth rate of 16.64% for this year and 38.13% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 25.43% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 6.89%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 137.50 million LSCC shares are outstanding with a float of 135.14 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 LSCC since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 $0.94817 being high and $0.8454 being low. For LSCC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.93819.
