With 0.94 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.12 million shares. The 52-week range on LDI shows that it touched its highest point at $3.22 and its lowest point at $1.01 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $1.81. Beta for the stock currently stands at 3.03.
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 LDI was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.74%, but this was down by -2.59% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -31.52% while six-month performance fell -47.44%. The stock lost -50.44% in the past year, while it has lost -44.61% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LDI yields -0.45 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.14. For the next quarter, that number is -0.03. This implies an EPS growth rate of 63.55% for this year and 236.17% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 104.77 million LDI shares are outstanding with a float of 76.19 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 LDI since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 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 -$0.19371 being high and -$0.22139 being low. For LDI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.20755.