With 0.55 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.4 million shares. The 52-week range on VCEL shows that it touched its highest point at $63.00 and its lowest point at $39.12 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $65.38. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.59.
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 VCEL was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.33%, but this was down by -18.17% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -15.99% while six-month performance rose 3.72%. The stock gained 8.12% in the past year, while it has lost -11.04% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VCEL yields 0.18 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.74. For the next quarter, that number is -0.13. This implies an EPS growth rate of 64.08% for this year and 126.13% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 49.63 million VCEL shares are outstanding with a float of 49.44 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 VCEL since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 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 $0.16477 being high and $0.067845 being low. For VCEL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.13569.
