With 0.66 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.9 million shares. The 52-week range on LIVN shows that it touched its highest point at $61.94 and its lowest point at $32.48 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $62.44. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.89.
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 LIVN was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.46%, but this was up by 18.85% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -8.98% while six-month performance fell -17.80%. The stock lost -29.54% in the past year, while it has lost -6.76% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LIVN yields -4.09 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.93. For the next quarter, that number is 0.87. This implies an EPS growth rate of 7.89% for this year and 7.71% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 54.52 million LIVN shares are outstanding with a float of 54.32 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 LIVN since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 $3.39845 being high and $3.34847 being low. For LIVN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.36846.
