With 9.56 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 9.38 million shares. The 52-week range on BLDP shows that it touched its highest point at $3.38 and its lowest point at $1.22 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $2.15. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.75.
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 BLDP was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -16.42%, but this was down by -17.65% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -18.25% while six-month performance fell -38.12%. The stock lost -63.28% in the past year, while it has lost -32.53% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BLDP yields -1.10 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.39. For the next quarter, that number is -0.13. This implies an EPS growth rate of -76.77% for this year and 62.49% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 16.54% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -32.26%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 299.42 million BLDP shares are outstanding with a float of 245.67 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 BLDP since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 -$0.93037 being high and -$1.06605 being low. For BLDP, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$1.01759.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded BLDP stock several times over the past three months with 0 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 0 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has remained unchanged to 0 while that of sell transactions has remained unmoved to 0 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 0 while 0 shares were sold.
