With 2.22 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.28 million shares. The 52-week range on SMRT shows that it touched its highest point at $2.98 and its lowest point at $1.09 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $1.80. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.86.
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 SMRT was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -11.81%, but this was down by -17.65% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -37.78% while six-month performance fell -30.43%. The stock lost -59.42% in the past year, while it has lost -36.00% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SMRT yields -0.17 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.10. For the next quarter, that number is -0.04. This implies an EPS growth rate of 14.71% for this year and 31.03% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 192.05 million SMRT shares are outstanding with a float of 170.55 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 SMRT since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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 -$0.12 being high and -$0.15 being low. For SMRT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.14. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.01 and the low estimate is -$0.01. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.01.
