With 16.22 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 8.6 million shares. The 52-week range on EXK shows that it touched its highest point at $5.67 and its lowest point at $1.90 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $5.32. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.56.
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 EXK was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 25.21%, but this was up by 15.31% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 8.13% while six-month performance rose 58.60%. The stock gained 136.65% in the past year, while it has gained 23.50% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for EXK yields -0.12 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.37. For the next quarter, that number is 0.00. This implies an EPS growth rate of 548.34% for this year and 92.54% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 246.03 million EXK shares are outstanding with a float of 245.52 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 EXK since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 -$0.0618813 being high and -$0.08099082 being low. For EXK, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.071667. 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.
