With 5.28 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 7.89 million shares. The 52-week range on PSTV shows that it touched its highest point at $2.67 and its lowest point at $0.24 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $10.25. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.47.
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 PSTV was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 92.42%, but this was down by -0.79% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -4.51% while six-month performance fell -7.64%. The stock lost -34.37% in the past year, while it has gained 10.43% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PSTV yields -2.24 with Next year EPS estimates of -1.49. For the next quarter, that number is -0.40. This implies an EPS growth rate of 54.36% for this year and 23.00% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 29.07% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 68.20%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 5.90 million PSTV shares are outstanding with a float of 5.75 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
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 -$1.99719 being high and -$2.41749 being low. For PSTV, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$2.21. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.33 and the low estimate is -$0.78. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.5.
