With 1.63 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.81 million shares. The 52-week range on ASPI shows that it touched its highest point at $9.33 and its lowest point at $1.86 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $8.50. Beta for the stock currently stands at 3.42.
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 ASPI was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.61%, but this was up by 11.45% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -5.22% while six-month performance fell -21.01%. The stock gained 72.47% in the past year, while it has gained 20.31% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ASPI yields -0.64 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.05. For the next quarter, that number is -0.10. This implies an EPS growth rate of 74.60% for this year and 131.25% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 72.07 million ASPI shares are outstanding with a float of 55.89 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 ASPI since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.05 and the low estimate is -$0.05. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.05.
