With 0.57 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.53 million shares. The 52-week range on MEG shows that it touched its highest point at $49.97 and its lowest point at $10.51 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $28.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.81.
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 MEG was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 13.57%, but this was up by 38.02% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -16.89% while six-month performance fell -34.19%. The stock lost -63.06% in the past year, while it has lost -5.28% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for MEG yields -2.32 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.13. For the next quarter, that number is -0.11. This implies an EPS growth rate of 67.19% for this year and 82.07% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 35.11 million MEG shares are outstanding with a float of 30.06 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 MEG since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 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 -$1.31555 being high and -$2.54888 being low. For MEG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$1.97333.
