With 16.08 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 4.62 million shares. During the session, the Other Industrial Metals & Mining company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $8.37 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $7.068. The 52-week range on NB shows that it touched its highest point at $7.40 and its lowest point at $1.27 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $10.12. Beta for the stock currently stands at -0.07.
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 NB was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 16.42%, but this was up by 74.51% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 232.22% while six-month performance rose 279.90%. The stock gained 412.26% in the past year, while it has gained 297.00% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NB yields -0.36 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.33. For the next quarter, that number is -0.09. This implies an EPS growth rate of 29.33% for this year and -24.53% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 96.50 million NB shares are outstanding with a float of 89.89 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-09-15, short shares totaled 5.69 million, which was 732.0 higher than short shares on 1755216000. In addition to Mr. Mark Allan Smith Esq., P.E. as the firm’s Executive Chairman, President & CEO, Mr. Neal S. Shah MBA serves as its CFO & Corporate Secretary.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-06-30, NB reported revenue of $0.0 and operating income of -$5063000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$4969000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for NB since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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. With NB analysts setting a high price target of 12.0 and a low target of 8.25, the average target price over the next 12 months is 10.125. Based on these targets, NB could surge 51.13% to reach the target high and rise by 3.9% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 27.52% 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 -$0.30911 being high and -$0.38889 being low. For NB, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.349. The surprise factor in the prior quarter was -$0.11. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.08 and the low estimate is -$0.08. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.08.
