With 0.53 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.51 million shares. The 52-week range on QNST shows that it touched its highest point at $26.27 and its lowest point at $14.14 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $31.25. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.13.
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 QNST was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.04%, but this was down by -22.87% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -17.29% while six-month performance fell -0.21%. The stock gained 29.55% in the past year, while it has lost -18.29% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for QNST yields -0.22 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.12. For the next quarter, that number is 0.20. This implies an EPS growth rate of 688.31% for this year and 29.16% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 56.47 million QNST shares are outstanding with a float of 51.67 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 QNST since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 $0.12491 being high and $0.0864774 being low. For QNST, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.096086. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.26 and the low estimate is $0.21. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.24.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded QNST 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.
