With 2.69 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.91 million shares. The 52-week range on NG shows that it touched its highest point at $4.88 and its lowest point at $2.45 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $6.40. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.04.
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 NG was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 7.89%, but this was down by -1.50% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -8.64% while six-month performance fell -14.36%. The stock gained 32.26% in the past year, while it has lost -1.50% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NG yields -0.14 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.17. For the next quarter, that number is -0.04. This implies an EPS growth rate of -14.29% for this year and -6.25% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -10.72% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -9.87%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 334.57 million NG shares are outstanding with a float of 244.74 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 NG since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 -$0.13078 being high and -$0.15694 being low. For NG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.14386. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.
