With 4.28 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.46 million shares. The 52-week range on EVH shows that it touched its highest point at $34.84 and its lowest point at $8.35 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $15.36. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.25.
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 EVH was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.76%, but this was down by -7.05% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -20.94% while six-month performance fell -70.02%. The stock lost -72.98% in the past year, while it has lost -19.11% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for EVH yields -0.81 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.58. For the next quarter, that number is 0.08. This implies an EPS growth rate of 4.11% for this year and 36.56% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 28.63% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 25.98%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 115.04 million EVH shares are outstanding with a float of 113.71 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 EVH since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 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 $0.80606 being high and $0.61699 being low. For EVH, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.70655. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.18 and the low estimate is $0.04. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.12.
