With 3.66 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.85 million shares. The 52-week range on PGNY shows that it touched its highest point at $38.98 and its lowest point at $13.39 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $26.57. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.42.
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 PGNY was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -4.47%, but this was down by -6.54% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 44.07% while six-month performance rose 1.01%. The stock lost -36.51% in the past year, while it has gained 27.54% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PGNY yields 0.57 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.86. For the next quarter, that number is 0.19. This implies an EPS growth rate of 6.08% for this year and 42.74% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 85.31 million PGNY shares are outstanding with a float of 71.30 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 PGNY since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 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 $0.55589 being high and $0.52827 being low. For PGNY, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.54208. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.46 and the low estimate is $0.39. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.41.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded PGNY 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 risen to 1 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 0 while 200 shares were sold.
