With 3.64 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 5.04 million shares. The 52-week range on STEM shows that it touched its highest point at $1.68 and its lowest point at $0.29 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $0.49. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.43.
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 STEM was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 20.00%, but this was up by 51.72% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -14.31% while six-month performance rose 4.42%. The stock lost -72.82% in the past year, while it has lost -16.62% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for STEM yields -4.97 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.35. For the next quarter, that number is -0.14. This implies an EPS growth rate of 90.32% for this year and 31.29% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 79.09% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -666.45%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 166.35 million STEM shares are outstanding with a float of 154.46 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 STEM since 12 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 8 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 -$2.89608 being high and -$10.24918 being low. For STEM, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$5.164.
