With 0.85 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.64 million shares. The 52-week range on VGZ shows that it touched its highest point at $1.05 and its lowest point at $0.46 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $2.75. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.05.
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 VGZ was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 14.18%, but this was up by 40.38% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 58.46% while six-month performance rose 63.47%. The stock gained 112.72% in the past year, while it has gained 84.59% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VGZ yields 0.08 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.05.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 124.56 million VGZ shares are outstanding with a float of 121.27 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 VGZ since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 $0.09 being high and $0.09 being low. For VGZ, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.09.
