With 4.08 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.67 million shares. The 52-week range on VSAT shows that it touched its highest point at $26.70 and its lowest point at $6.69 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $18.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.99.
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 VSAT was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -3.89%, but this was down by -5.22% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 3.92% while six-month performance fell -7.40%. The stock lost -46.12% in the past year, while it has gained 4.47% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VSAT yields -4.45 with Next year EPS estimates of -1.58. For the next quarter, that number is -0.59. This implies an EPS growth rate of 55.60% for this year and 20.68% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 27.95% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -320.60%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 130.21 million VSAT shares are outstanding with a float of 113.25 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 VSAT since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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.
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 -$4.5784 being high and -$5.32495 being low. For VSAT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$5.01583.
