With 5.85 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 3.19 million shares. The 52-week range on OKTA shows that it touched its highest point at $116.75 and its lowest point at $70.56 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $115.35. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.11.
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 OKTA was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 24.70%, but this was up by 17.81% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 37.56% while six-month performance rose 46.27%. The stock gained 1.79% in the past year, while it has gained 41.14% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for OKTA yields 0.06 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.51. For the next quarter, that number is 0.77. This implies an EPS growth rate of 12.96% for this year and 10.50% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 165.65 million OKTA shares are outstanding with a float of 162.13 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 OKTA since 30 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 17 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 13 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 $1.58547 being high and $1.4601 being low. For OKTA, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.4801. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.84 and the low estimate is $0.76. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.79.
