With 7.61 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 5.02 million shares. The 52-week range on AGL shows that it touched its highest point at $7.73 and its lowest point at $1.50 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $3.41. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.61.
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 AGL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 19.80%, but this was up by 8.84% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 60.09% while six-month performance fell -12.50%. The stock lost -38.24% in the past year, while it has gained 87.89% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AGL yields -0.63 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.18. For the next quarter, that number is 0.00. This implies an EPS growth rate of 52.47% for this year and 37.73% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 48.45% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 3.29%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 412.19 million AGL shares are outstanding with a float of 303.50 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 AGL since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 -$0.54654 being high and -$0.58238 being low. For AGL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.5555. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.11 and the low estimate is -$0.11. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.03.
