With 1.37 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.32 million shares. The 52-week range on VLRS shows that it touched its highest point at $9.00 and its lowest point at $3.49 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $8.99. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.08.
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 VLRS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.72%, but this was down by -12.13% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -47.05% while six-month performance fell -43.81%. The stock lost -50.42% in the past year, while it has lost -44.49% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VLRS yields 0.36 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.23. For the next quarter, that number is -0.52. This implies an EPS growth rate of -123.80% for this year and 190.92% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 9.85% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -4.40%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 115.00 million VLRS shares are outstanding with a float of 94.04 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 VLRS since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 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 $25.21619 being high and $22.81465 being low. For VLRS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $24.21555.
