With 0.67 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.38 million shares. The 52-week range on BVS shows that it touched its highest point at $14.38 and its lowest point at $4.51 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $12.33. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.95.
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 BVS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -9.85%, but this was down by -20.31% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -40.36% while six-month performance fell -51.47%. The stock gained 65.99% in the past year, while it has lost -37.24% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BVS yields -0.49 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.89. For the next quarter, that number is 0.21. This implies an EPS growth rate of 44.22% for this year and 25.47% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 17.75% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -113.92%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 66.23 million BVS shares are outstanding with a float of 45.22 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 BVS since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 $0.40329 being high and $0.4008 being low. For BVS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.40207. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.2 and the low estimate is $0.14. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.16.
