With 45.46 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 46.95 million shares. The 52-week range on BTG shows that it touched its highest point at $3.51 and its lowest point at $2.20 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $4.36. With its current market cap of 4.00 billion, BTG has annualized dividend of $0.14 while the current yield stands at 4.62%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.44.
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 BTG was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.94%, but this was up by 3.77% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 26.25% while six-month performance fell -11.66%. The stock gained 19.29% in the past year, while it has gained 24.18% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BTG yields -0.48 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.45. For the next quarter, that number is 0.08. This implies an EPS growth rate of 193.28% for this year and -3.84% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 1.32 billion BTG shares are outstanding with a float of 1.26 billion 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 BTG since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 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 $0.2263 being high and $0.16726 being low. For BTG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.20662.
