Does Vericel Corp (VCEL) offer a good opportunity for investors?

With 0.82 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.47 million shares. The 52-week range on VCEL shows that it touched its highest point at $63.00 and its lowest point at $37.39 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $63.25. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.34.

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 VCEL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.44%, but this was up by 1.43% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -34.51% while six-month performance fell -8.00%. The stock lost -15.39% in the past year, while it has lost -26.30% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VCEL yields 0.18 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.73. For the next quarter, that number is -0.12. This implies an EPS growth rate of 55.96% for this year and 133.10% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 49.63 million VCEL shares are outstanding with a float of 49.61 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 VCEL since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 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 $0.16477 being high and $0.067845 being low. For VCEL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.13569.