With 0.64 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.14 million shares. The 52-week range on VIST shows that it touched its highest point at $61.67 and its lowest point at $32.11 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $67.73. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.04.
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 VIST was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.42%, but this was up by 33.13% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -13.02% while six-month performance fell -7.56%. The stock gained 1.95% in the past year, while it has lost -13.93% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VIST yields 4.79 with Next year EPS estimates of 7.61. For the next quarter, that number is 1.27. This implies an EPS growth rate of 1.81% for this year and 49.61% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 98.15 million VIST shares are outstanding with a float of 94.17 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 VIST since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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 $5.77757 being high and $4.58595 being low. For VIST, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.18176. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.
