With 2.12 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.74 million shares. The 52-week range on ACHC shows that it touched its highest point at $82.40 and its lowest point at $20.36 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $42.86. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.00.
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 ACHC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 9.69%, but this was up by 9.69% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -36.31% while six-month performance fell -34.80%. The stock lost -63.33% in the past year, while it has lost -34.05% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ACHC yields 2.04 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.98. For the next quarter, that number is 0.71. This implies an EPS growth rate of -19.32% for this year and 12.10% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -1.07% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 17.49%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 90.39 million ACHC shares are outstanding with a float of 89.46 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 ACHC since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 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 $3.41752 being high and $3.35756 being low. For ACHC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.37755.
