With 1.58 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.22 million shares. The 52-week range on WGS shows that it touched its highest point at $117.75 and its lowest point at $19.04 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $94.17. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.03.
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 WGS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -12.03%, but this was down by -39.21% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -0.67% while six-month performance fell -21.00%. The stock gained 206.58% in the past year, while it has lost -23.05% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WGS yields -1.44 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.05. For the next quarter, that number is 0.13. This implies an EPS growth rate of 332.12% for this year and 86.34% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 122.09% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 96.65%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 28.53 million WGS shares are outstanding with a float of 24.98 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 WGS since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 -$0.26019 being high and -$0.27381 being low. For WGS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.2657.
