With 1.23 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.41 million shares. The 52-week range on AUTL shows that it touched its highest point at $6.62 and its lowest point at $1.68 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $10.36. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.00.
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 AUTL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 10.86%, but this was down by -7.62% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -36.39% while six-month performance fell -56.31%. The stock lost -65.72% in the past year, while it has lost -17.45% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AUTL yields -1.21 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.87. For the next quarter, that number is -0.21. This implies an EPS growth rate of 24.89% for this year and 3.26% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 17.01% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 3.32%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 266.12 million AUTL shares are outstanding with a float of 240.31 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 AUTL since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 -$0.73829 being high and -$1.04511 being low. For AUTL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.90129. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.24 and the low estimate is -$0.29. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.26.
