With 2.95 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.92 million shares. The 52-week range on GPRE shows that it touched its highest point at $18.14 and its lowest point at $3.14 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $6.17. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.11.
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 GPRE was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 36.71%, but this was up by 15.05% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 3.75% while six-month performance fell -46.65%. The stock lost -64.09% in the past year, while it has lost -38.71% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for GPRE yields -1.71 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.06. For the next quarter, that number is -0.29. This implies an EPS growth rate of -10.12% for this year and 104.39% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 65.39 million GPRE shares are outstanding with a float of 63.27 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 GPRE since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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 -$0.64909 being high and -$1.09534 being low. For GPRE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.86545.
