Take off with 89bio Inc (ETNB): Get ready for trading

With 1.27 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.87 million shares. The 52-week range on ETNB shows that it touched its highest point at $11.84 and its lowest point at $4.16 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $31.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.46.

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 ETNB was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -11.80%, but this was up by 38.99% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -32.52% while six-month performance fell -16.58%. The stock lost -17.82% in the past year, while it has lost -1.53% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ETNB yields -3.38 with Next year EPS estimates of -2.16. For the next quarter, that number is -0.50. This implies an EPS growth rate of 41.04% for this year and -4.18% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 16.04% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 32.21%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 145.98 million ETNB shares are outstanding with a float of 140.34 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 ETNB since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 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 -$2.97903 being high and -$3.51064 being low. For ETNB, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$3.1997.