With 1.64 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.96 million shares. The 52-week range on GAU shows that it touched its highest point at $2.00 and its lowest point at $1.00 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $2.63. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.75.
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 GAU was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 17.16%, but this was up by 28.69% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 24.60% while six-month performance fell -1.26%. The stock lost -10.29% in the past year, while it has gained 27.64% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for GAU yields 0.02 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.47. For the next quarter, that number is 0.03. This implies an EPS growth rate of 91.29% for this year and 46.06% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 257.08 million GAU shares are outstanding with a float of 205.60 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 GAU 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 $0.13478 being high and $0.0673875 being low. For GAU, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.10782. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.12 and the low estimate is $0.1. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.11.
