With 1.0 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.5 million shares. The 52-week range on BASE shows that it touched its highest point at $28.69 and its lowest point at $13.53 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $21.87. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.86.
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 BASE was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -15.47%, but this was down by -19.66% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -10.44% while six-month performance fell -6.94%. The stock lost -49.59% in the past year, while it has lost -5.39% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BASE yields -1.46 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.06. For the next quarter, that number is -0.08. This implies an EPS growth rate of 30.13% for this year and 141.11% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 52.35 million BASE shares are outstanding with a float of 39.65 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 BASE since 11 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 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 -$0.63619 being high and -$0.68589 being low. For BASE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.65607. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.01 and the low estimate is -$0.09. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.05.
