With 0.2 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.24 million shares. The 52-week range on HIPO shows that it touched its highest point at $35.44 and its lowest point at $14.58 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $33.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.49.
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 HIPO was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 7.23%, but this was up by 29.04% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 9.78% while six-month performance rose 7.19%. The stock gained 90.93% in the past year, while it has gained 8.55% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HIPO yields -2.12 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.12. For the next quarter, that number is -0.70. This implies an EPS growth rate of -62.50% for this year and 95.51% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 25.16 million HIPO shares are outstanding with a float of 14.29 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 HIPO since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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 -$3.55745 being high and -$3.72289 being low. For HIPO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$3.64333.
