With 3.25 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.15 million shares. The 52-week range on VERU shows that it touched its highest point at $1.42 and its lowest point at $0.45 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $3.33. Beta for the stock currently stands at -0.79.
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 VERU was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 21.10%, but this was up by 19.92% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 18.38% while six-month performance fell -15.64%. The stock lost -36.22% in the past year, while it has lost -5.24% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VERU yields -0.22 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.27. For the next quarter, that number is -0.05. This implies an EPS growth rate of 28.57% for this year and -33.33% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 146.58 million VERU shares are outstanding with a float of 119.15 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 VERU since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 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 -$0.28807 being high and -$0.30793 being low. For VERU, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.298. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.06 and the low estimate is -$0.06. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.06.
