With 1.54 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.38 million shares. The 52-week range on VTLE shows that it touched its highest point at $47.80 and its lowest point at $12.30 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $24.25. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.60.
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 VTLE was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 18.77%, but this was up by 27.15% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -1.62% while six-month performance fell -32.36%. The stock lost -51.84% in the past year, while it has lost -31.24% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VTLE yields -3.39 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.39. For the next quarter, that number is 1.84. This implies an EPS growth rate of 5.19% for this year and -42.15% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 2.50% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 30.67%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 38.70 million VTLE shares are outstanding with a float of 29.91 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 VTLE since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 $7.43715 being high and $7.05679 being low. For VTLE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $7.23696.
