With 0.93 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.29 million shares. The 52-week range on SLQT shows that it touched its highest point at $6.86 and its lowest point at $1.62 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $5.69. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.10.
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 SLQT was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.23%, but this was down by -1.29% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -36.39% while six-month performance fell -21.58%. The stock lost -19.65% in the past year, while it has lost -38.44% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SLQT yields -0.11 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.09. For the next quarter, that number is -0.15. This implies an EPS growth rate of 95.00% for this year and 1025.00% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 172.72 million SLQT shares are outstanding with a float of 136.60 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 SLQT since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 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 -$0.17189 being high and -$0.17792 being low. For SLQT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.175. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.16 and the low estimate is -$0.16. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.16.
