How does Atricure Inc (ATRC) change from a tortoise to a hare?

With 0.62 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.65 million shares. The 52-week range on ATRC shows that it touched its highest point at $43.11 and its lowest point at $18.94 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $49.89. 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 ATRC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.23%, but this was down by -6.37% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -24.41% while six-month performance fell -12.63%. The stock gained 41.70% in the past year, while it has gained 1.41% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ATRC yields -0.81 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.36. For the next quarter, that number is -0.17. This implies an EPS growth rate of 39.31% for this year and 37.25% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 62.27% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -0.33%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 49.49 million ATRC shares are outstanding with a float of 47.72 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 ATRC 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 -$0.77133 being high and -$0.84959 being low. For ATRC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.81605.