With 1.73 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.28 million shares. The 52-week range on BVS shows that it touched its highest point at $14.38 and its lowest point at $3.90 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $15.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.94.
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 BVS was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 7.04%, but this was up by 2.47% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -7.22% while six-month performance rose 13.33%. The stock gained 95.65% in the past year, while it has gained 2.86% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BVS yields -0.62 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.83. For the next quarter, that number is 0.05. This implies an EPS growth rate of 25.88% for this year and 34.57% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 16.76% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -51.10%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 65.34 million BVS shares are outstanding with a float of 44.67 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 BVS since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 $0.40596 being high and $0.39851 being low. For BVS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.40207. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.24 and the low estimate is $0.17. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.21.
