With 5.21 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 3.12 million shares. The 52-week range on XERS shows that it touched its highest point at $6.07 and its lowest point at $1.72 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $6.25. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.69.
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 XERS was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 15.18%, but this was up by 24.94% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 42.54% while six-month performance rose 60.25%. The stock gained 172.30% in the past year, while it has gained 52.21% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for XERS yields -0.38 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.12. For the next quarter, that number is -0.03. This implies an EPS growth rate of 82.22% for this year and 276.70% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 153.94 million XERS shares are outstanding with a float of 141.94 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 XERS 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 -$0.33285 being high and -$0.39417 being low. For XERS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.35913.
