With 0.96 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.39 million shares. The 52-week range on ALZN shows that it touched its highest point at $15.06 and its lowest point at $0.63 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $20.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at -0.17.
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 ALZN was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -9.70%, but this was down by -35.84% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -49.92% while six-month performance fell -63.77%. The stock lost -91.79% in the past year, while it has lost -48.62% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ALZN yields -3.06 with Next year EPS estimates of -1.22. For the next quarter, that number is -0.38. This implies an EPS growth rate of 89.05% for this year and 24.22% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 61.95% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -11.45%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 6.61 million ALZN shares are outstanding with a float of 6.32 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 ALZN since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 -$13.95931 being high and -$20.64069 being low. For ALZN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$17.3.
