With 0.61 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.41 million shares. The 52-week range on PAR shows that it touched its highest point at $82.24 and its lowest point at $37.74 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $87.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.70.
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 PAR was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.59%, but this was up by 22.67% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -13.01% while six-month performance rose 2.41%. The stock gained 38.98% in the past year, while it has lost -14.13% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PAR yields -0.27 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.83. For the next quarter, that number is -0.04. This implies an EPS growth rate of 121.06% for this year and 437.05% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 40.50 million PAR shares are outstanding with a float of 39.51 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 PAR since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 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 -$0.78819 being high and -$0.9038 being low. For PAR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.85125.
