A Look at Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc (NGVC) Shares in the Recent Past Indicates Growth

With 0.68 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.16 million shares. The 52-week range on NGVC shows that it touched its highest point at $52.69 and its lowest point at $17.65 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $53.00. With its current market cap of 1.37 billion, NGVC has annualized dividend of $0.44 while the current yield stands at 0.74%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.56.

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 NGVC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 18.09%, but this was up by 33.02% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 20.59% while six-month performance rose 95.42%. The stock gained 233.00% in the past year, while it has gained 50.40% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NGVC yields 1.78 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.09. For the next quarter, that number is 0.46. This implies an EPS growth rate of 18.37% for this year and 20.11% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 22.95 million NGVC shares are outstanding with a float of 9.43 million shares on hand for trading.

Analysts Ratings:

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 $1.39115 being high and $1.31847 being low. For NGVC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.36. 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.