With 23.22 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 20.84 million shares. The 52-week range on AG shows that it touched its highest point at $8.09 and its lowest point at $4.43 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $8.12. With its current market cap of 2.92 billion, AG has annualized dividend of $0.02 while the current yield stands at 0.31%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.76.
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 AG was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -3.37%, but this was down by -6.37% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 5.60% while six-month performance fell -21.59%. The stock lost -10.40% in the past year, while it has gained 9.84% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AG yields -0.35 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.28. For the next quarter, that number is 0.07. This implies an EPS growth rate of 281.19% for this year and 11.04% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 484.64 million AG shares are outstanding with a float of 434.35 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 AG since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 -$0.06154875 being high and -$0.32826 being low. For AG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.16413.
