With 0.53 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.67 million shares. The 52-week range on CMP shows that it touched its highest point at $15.82 and its lowest point at $7.51 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $14.75. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.96.
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 CMP was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 5.28%, but this was up by 52.24% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 16.62% while six-month performance rose 13.40%. The stock gained 9.83% in the past year, while it has gained 24.09% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CMP yields -3.74 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.51. For the next quarter, that number is 0.00. This implies an EPS growth rate of -987.31% for this year and 171.24% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 41.47 million CMP shares are outstanding with a float of 31.36 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 CMP since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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 -$0.25311 being high and -$0.27002 being low. For CMP, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.2603.
