Globalstar Inc. (AMEX: GSAT) stock fell -2.14% on Friday to $1.37 against a previous-day closing price of $1.40. With 6.79 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 5.1 million shares. During the session, the Telecom Services company that operates in wider Communication Services sector, reached to the highest price of $1.4300 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $1.3500. The 52-week range on GSAT shows that it touched its highest point at $2.33 and its lowest point at $0.85 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $4.37. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.50.
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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 GSAT was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.52%, but this was up by 25.69% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 17.09% while six-month performance rose 31.73%. The stock lost -25.95% in the past year, while it has gained 3.01% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for GSAT yields -0.12 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.01. For the next quarter, that number is -0.00. This implies an EPS growth rate of -123.60% for this year and 0.00% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 15.00% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 14.10%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 1.81 billion GSAT shares are outstanding with a float of 658.11 million shares on hand for trading. On Aug 30, 2023, short shares totaled 29.51 million, which was 1.64% higher than short shares on Jul 30, 2023. In addition to Mr. James Monroe III as the firm’s Exec. Chairman, Ms. Rebecca S. Clary serves as its VP & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 18.62% of GSAT’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on Jun 29, 2023, GSAT reported revenue of $36.80M and operating income of -$10.83M. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $22.19M and diluted EPS was -$0.01.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for GSAT since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. 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.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded GSAT stock several times over the past three months with 1 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 18,750 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 39 while that of sell transactions has risen to 28 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 10,223,773 while 7,210,495 shares were sold.
