With 0.54 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.55 million shares. The 52-week range on INSP shows that it touched its highest point at $257.40 and its lowest point at $123.00 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $235.88. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.36.
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 INSP was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.04%, but this was down by -6.42% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -6.66% while six-month performance fell -1.29%. The stock gained 1.14% in the past year, while it has lost -2.32% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for INSP yields 1.73 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.20. For the next quarter, that number is -0.24. This implies an EPS growth rate of 23.83% for this year and 47.46% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 29.74 million INSP shares are outstanding with a float of 28.24 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 INSP since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 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 $1.3855 being high and $1.29514 being low. For INSP, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.3353. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.63 and the low estimate is $0.31. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.4.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded INSP 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.
