With 1.54 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.1 million shares. The 52-week range on BPMC shows that it touched its highest point at $121.90 and its lowest point at $73.04 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $126.10. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.82.
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 BPMC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 12.07%, but this was up by 21.40% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.56% while six-month performance rose 13.31%. The stock lost -7.33% in the past year, while it has gained 13.69% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BPMC yields -2.46 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.94. For the next quarter, that number is -0.46. This implies an EPS growth rate of 25.57% for this year and 218.65% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 64.56 million BPMC shares are outstanding with a float of 63.31 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 BPMC since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 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 -$0.82431 being high and -$1.23111 being low. For BPMC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.98489.
