With 0.79 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.35 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $88.1975 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $85.18. The 52-week range on AX shows that it touched its highest point at $88.46 and its lowest point at $54.46 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $99.33. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.33.
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 AX was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.15%, but this was up by 10.25% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 36.03% while six-month performance rose 24.55%. The stock gained 23.62% in the past year, while it has gained 12.65% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AX yields 7.46 with Next year EPS estimates of 8.74. For the next quarter, that number is 1.92. This implies an EPS growth rate of 6.43% for this year and 10.55% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 56.48 million AX shares are outstanding with a float of 53.91 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-07-15, short shares totaled 2.62 million, which was 465.00000000000006 higher than short shares on 1749772800. In addition to Mr. Gregory Garrabrants C.F.A., J.D. as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Derrick K. Walsh CPA serves as its Executive VP & CFO.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for AX since 9 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 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. With AX analysts setting a high price target of 105.0 and a low target of 94.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 99.33333. Based on these targets, AX could surge 21.6% to reach the target high and rise by 8.86% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 15.04% from current levels.
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 $7.7242 being high and $7.67437 being low. For AX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $7.6943.
