With 0.85 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.2 million shares. The 52-week range on BVN shows that it touched its highest point at $18.84 and its lowest point at $11.50 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $15.91. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.42.
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 BVN was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.21%, but this was up by 16.23% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 13.94% while six-month performance rose 18.99%. The stock lost -10.90% in the past year, while it has gained 30.56% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BVN yields 1.59 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.89. For the next quarter, that number is 0.37. This implies an EPS growth rate of -8.60% for this year and 30.26% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 253.72 million BVN shares are outstanding with a float of 253.67 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 BVN since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 $1.52223 being high and $1.44349 being low. For BVN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.48286.
