With 1.95 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.34 million shares. The 52-week range on AMPL shows that it touched its highest point at $14.88 and its lowest point at $7.37 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $13.10. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.56.
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 AMPL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 14.57%, but this was up by 46.87% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 1.25% while six-month performance rose 16.10%. The stock gained 30.58% in the past year, while it has gained 15.55% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AMPL yields -0.75 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.13. For the next quarter, that number is 0.01. This implies an EPS growth rate of 30.25% for this year and 62.57% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 53.92% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -18.39%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 98.76 million AMPL shares are outstanding with a float of 71.88 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 AMPL since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 $0.0628056 being high and $0.0418704 being low. For AMPL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.052338.
