With 1.22 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.28 million shares. The 52-week range on KURA shows that it touched its highest point at $23.48 and its lowest point at $5.41 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $26.09. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.41.
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 KURA was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -3.57%, but this was up by 9.08% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -10.97% while six-month performance fell -36.37%. The stock lost -70.06% in the past year, while it has lost -25.49% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KURA yields -2.09 with Next year EPS estimates of -1.89. For the next quarter, that number is -0.41. This implies an EPS growth rate of -0.48% for this year and 6.66% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 5.57% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -6.05%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 86.57 million KURA shares are outstanding with a float of 82.28 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 KURA since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 -$2.19936 being high and -$2.57094 being low. For KURA, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$2.45043. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.15 and the low estimate is -$0.89. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.64.
