With 1.63 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.62 million shares. The 52-week range on OMCL shows that it touched its highest point at $55.74 and its lowest point at $22.66 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $40.57. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.81.
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 OMCL was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -21.21%, but this was down by -22.06% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -44.50% while six-month performance fell -49.39%. The stock lost -18.25% in the past year, while it has lost -44.68% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for OMCL yields 0.45 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.47. For the next quarter, that number is 0.29. This implies an EPS growth rate of -26.81% for this year and 17.24% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -0.33% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -28.29%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 46.84 million OMCL shares are outstanding with a float of 45.32 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 OMCL since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 $1.72007 being high and $1.65971 being low. For OMCL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.68989.
