With 0.54 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.61 million shares. The 52-week range on KALV shows that it touched its highest point at $15.50 and its lowest point at $7.30 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $26.33. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.05.
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 KALV was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -10.37%, but this was up by 18.12% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 26.72% while six-month performance rose 4.82%. The stock gained 0.41% in the past year, while it has gained 43.92% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KALV yields -3.73 with Next year EPS estimates of -2.97. For the next quarter, that number is -0.85. This implies an EPS growth rate of -3.28% for this year and 16.52% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 20.85% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -20.06%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 49.49 million KALV shares are outstanding with a float of 38.53 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 KALV since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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 -$2.85034 being high and -$3.23173 being low. For KALV, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$3.031.
