With 2.87 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.16 million shares. The 52-week range on VSTS shows that it touched its highest point at $17.83 and its lowest point at $7.35 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $13.93. With its current market cap of 1.15 billion, VSTS has annualized dividend of $0.14 while the current yield stands at 1.61%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.81.
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 VSTS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.57%, but this was up by 9.15% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -36.24% while six-month performance fell -35.58%. The stock lost -14.27% in the past year, while it has lost -42.85% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VSTS yields 0.07 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.85. For the next quarter, that number is 0.20. This implies an EPS growth rate of 11.52% for this year and 23.45% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 21.63% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -34.27%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 131.70 million VSTS shares are outstanding with a float of 130.42 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 VSTS since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 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. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $0.65128 being high and $0.63124 being low. For VSTS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.64126. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.25 and the low estimate is $0.19. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.22.
