With 0.64 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.78 million shares. The 52-week range on CLDX shows that it touched its highest point at $47.00 and its lowest point at $14.40 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $61.25. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.40.
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 CLDX was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.75%, but this was up by 29.02% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -16.19% while six-month performance fell -23.12%. The stock lost -53.13% in the past year, while it has lost -22.75% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CLDX yields -2.45 with Next year EPS estimates of -3.81. For the next quarter, that number is -0.80. This implies an EPS growth rate of -33.84% for this year and -16.16% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -15.40% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 6.91%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 66.37 million CLDX shares are outstanding with a float of 64.70 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 CLDX since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 -$2.37559 being high and -$2.61514 being low. For CLDX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$2.4754.
