With 1.98 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.48 million shares. The 52-week range on FOLD shows that it touched its highest point at $13.49 and its lowest point at $8.78 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $16.73. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.75.
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 FOLD was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.85%, but this was down by -7.58% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -9.44% while six-month performance fell -22.44%. The stock lost -32.99% in the past year, while it has lost -4.25% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for FOLD yields -0.18 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.33. For the next quarter, that number is -0.05. This implies an EPS growth rate of 115.91% for this year and 1061.68% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 299.04 million FOLD shares are outstanding with a float of 296.56 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 FOLD since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 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 -$0.11516 being high and -$0.26575 being low. For FOLD, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.20374. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.16 and the low estimate is $0.09. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.11.
