Take off with Neogen Corp (NEOG): Get ready for trading

With 5.08 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 5.9 million shares. The 52-week range on NEOG shows that it touched its highest point at $18.58 and its lowest point at $3.87 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $8.50. 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 NEOG was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.83%, but this was up by 18.92% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -42.43% while six-month performance fell -60.25%. The stock lost -51.89% in the past year, while it has lost -50.82% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NEOG yields -2.24 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.10. For the next quarter, that number is -0.04. This implies an EPS growth rate of -5450.00% for this year and 95.38% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 217.04 million NEOG shares are outstanding with a float of 216.21 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 NEOG since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 -$0.02643199 being high and -$0.02699596 being low. For NEOG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.026667.