With 1.33 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.11 million shares. The 52-week range on AKRO shows that it touched its highest point at $58.40 and its lowest point at $17.86 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $74.82. Beta for the stock currently stands at -0.19.
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 AKRO was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -11.19%, but this was up by 6.66% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -26.49% while six-month performance rose 21.72%. The stock gained 80.97% in the past year, while it has gained 43.24% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AKRO yields -3.75 with Next year EPS estimates of -4.61. For the next quarter, that number is -0.96. This implies an EPS growth rate of -12.20% for this year and -9.47% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -8.19% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -5.28%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 72.38 million AKRO shares are outstanding with a float of 70.76 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 AKRO since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 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 -$3.83041 being high and -$4.24828 being low. For AKRO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$3.9697.
