The trading price of Guardant Health Inc (NASDAQ:GH) closed lower on Tuesday, May 06, and closing at $41.93, -4.81% lower than its previous close.
In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $52.92 and a 52-week low of $18.01. Over the past month, the stock has gained 3.33% in value.
Guardant Health Inc, whose market valuation is $5.19 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in June. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable.
On the technical side, indicators suggest GH has a 50% Buy on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 50% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 50% Buy.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned GH a recommendation rating is 13. Out of them, 0 rate it a Hold, while 13 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged Guardant Health Inc (GH) as Underweight, while 0 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Buy, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
A quick review shows that GH’s price is currently -7.12% off the SMA20 and -4.03% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 42.65, and weekly volatility stands at 8.20%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 7.41%. Guardant Health Inc (NASDAQ:GH)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.46, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 3.26. With analysts defining $52-$52 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $52 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about -24.02% off the estimated low and -24.02% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if GH’s share price rises to $52, which is the median consensus price. At that level, GH’s share price would be -24.02% below current price.
To see how Guardant Health Inc stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: GH stock’s performance was -4.81% in the latest trading, and 129.63% in the past year.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Guardant Health Inc (NASDAQ:GH) indicates that the 3-month average is 2.34 million.
Currently, records show that 123.65 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 5.17% of outstanding shares, whereasinstitutions hold 98.28%. However, since the stock’s price has seen 37.25% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
