Taking on analysts’ expectations and winning: Azul S.A. ADR (AZUL)

With 0.88 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.35 million shares. The 52-week range on AZUL shows that it touched its highest point at $8.73 and its lowest point at $1.57 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $3.93. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.56.

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 AZUL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.08%, but this was down by -9.66% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -19.40% while six-month performance fell -26.95%. The stock lost -74.97% in the past year, while it has gained 11.98% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AZUL yields -14.47 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.25. For the next quarter, that number is -0.07. This implies an EPS growth rate of 96.14% for this year and 222.86% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 111.83 million AZUL shares are outstanding with a float of 111.76 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 AZUL since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 -$28.95465 being high and -$59.0675 being low. For AZUL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$45.45881. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.08 and the low estimate is -$0.08. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.08.