With 2.19 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.56 million shares. The 52-week range on GDOT shows that it touched its highest point at $13.58 and its lowest point at $6.42 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $9.75. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.95.
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 GDOT was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.71%, but this was down by -20.18% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -30.95% while six-month performance fell -34.49%. The stock lost -12.04% in the past year, while it has lost -32.71% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for GDOT yields -0.50 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.38. For the next quarter, that number is 0.67. This implies an EPS growth rate of -18.83% for this year and 24.40% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 54.23 million GDOT shares are outstanding with a float of 51.75 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 GDOT since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 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 $1.39642 being high and $1.3316 being low. For GDOT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.34154. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.36 and the low estimate is $0.27. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.3.
