With 1.83 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 12.79 million shares. The 52-week range on PSTV shows that it touched its highest point at $2.31 and its lowest point at $0.24 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $9.75. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.62.
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 PSTV was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -11.31%, but this was down by -39.02% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -47.29% while six-month performance fell -77.12%. The stock lost -85.89% in the past year, while it has lost -73.14% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PSTV yields -2.50 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.67. For the next quarter, that number is -0.20. This implies an EPS growth rate of 62.82% for this year and 7.93% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 49.89% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 46.51%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 32.72 million PSTV shares are outstanding with a float of 29.81 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
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 -$1.68541 being high and -$2.0401 being low. For PSTV, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$1.865. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.08 and the low estimate is -$0.48. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.23.
