A significant driver of top-line growth: Canopy Growth Corporation (CGC)

With 5.36 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 7.3 million shares. The 52-week range on CGC shows that it touched its highest point at $11.95 and its lowest point at $0.77 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $2.47. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.78.

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 CGC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 14.96%, but this was up by 69.97% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -25.70% while six-month performance fell -66.89%. The stock lost -83.83% in the past year, while it has lost -46.72% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CGC yields -3.81 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.78. For the next quarter, that number is -0.33. This implies an EPS growth rate of 47.93% for this year and 76.65% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 60.04% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 20.88%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 154.83 million CGC shares are outstanding with a float of 154.03 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 CGC since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 -$6.62251 being high and -$6.93311 being low. For CGC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$6.77781.