With 1.94 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.93 million shares. The 52-week range on VSTS shows that it touched its highest point at $17.83 and its lowest point at $5.20 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $6.44. With its current market cap of 766.98 million, VSTS has annualized dividend of $0.14 while the current yield stands at 2.41%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.23.
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 VSTS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -8.78%, but this was down by -6.13% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -47.19% while six-month performance fell -64.68%. The stock lost -52.45% in the past year, while it has lost -61.81% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VSTS yields -0.18 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.36. For the next quarter, that number is 0.05. This implies an EPS growth rate of -62.19% for this year and 54.32% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -1.40% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -34.27%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 131.78 million VSTS shares are outstanding with a float of 129.87 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 VSTS since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 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 $0.65128 being high and $0.63124 being low. For VSTS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.64126.
