With 0.83 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.85 million shares. The 52-week range on DQ shows that it touched its highest point at $30.85 and its lowest point at $13.62 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $25.12. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.35.
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 DQ was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.88%, but this was up by 3.98% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -11.96% while six-month performance rose 26.81%. The stock lost -15.25% in the past year, while it has lost -1.95% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for DQ yields -5.20 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.43. For the next quarter, that number is -0.88. This implies an EPS growth rate of 61.00% for this year and 78.88% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 65.70 million DQ shares are outstanding with a float of 65.45 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 DQ since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 -$3.31299 being high and -$4.16795 being low. For DQ, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$3.74047. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.48 and the low estimate is -$0.48. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.48.
