With 1.01 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.51 million shares. The 52-week range on LBTYK shows that it touched its highest point at $14.83 and its lowest point at $8.98 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $16.04. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.14.
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 LBTYK was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.42%, but this was up by 1.94% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -17.29% while six-month performance fell -31.74%. The stock gained 11.79% in the past year, while it has lost -23.90% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LBTYK yields -11.04 with Next year EPS estimates of -1.99. For the next quarter, that number is -0.43. This implies an EPS growth rate of -181.60% for this year and 47.36% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 160.34 million LBTYK shares are outstanding with a float of 138.33 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 LBTYK since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 $0.12192 being high and -$3.88774 being low. For LBTYK, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$1.88291.
