The long-term trend of the EPS is an important number as it indicates the present value of Axon Enterprise. The EPS growth rate, as it is typically called, is usually expressed as a percentage, which at this time is hard to estimate, but revenue growth has been 14.80 % over the last twelve months. The higher the EPS growth rate, the higher the value that is added to shareholders and a good reflection on the performance of the management at Axon Enterprise.
Axon Enterprise is part of the aerospace and defense industry and industrials sector. The company CEO is Patrick W. Smith. Axon Enterprise Inc offers a network of devices, apps, and people that helps law enforcement become smarter and safer. Its products include the connected body cameras and evidence-management cloud, and TASER Smart Weapons.
Previous Intraday Performance:
The AAXN shares had a previous change of -1.36% which opened at 43.71 and closed at 43.47. It moved to an intraday high of 44.28 and a low of 42.83.
SeekingAlpha: Axon Enterprise: Values Speak Louder Than Numbers
Historical Performance:
Over the last five trading days, AAXN shares returned -7.23% and in the past 30 trading days it returned -25.72%. Over three months, it changed -34.79%. In one year it has changed 77.94% and within that year its 52-week high was 76.45 and its 52-week low was 23.85. AAXN stock is 82.26% above its 52 Week Low.
Our calculations result in a 200 day moving average of 55.72 and a 50 day moving average of 57.13. Right now, AAXN stock is trading -21.98% below its 200 day moving average and may not be a great opportunity to buy as it may continue to trend down.
SeekingAlpha: Axon Enterprise: Values Speak Louder Than Numbers
Liquidity:
The company has a market cap of $2.5b with 58.4m shares outstanding and a float of 55.6m shares. Trading volume was 1,232,363 shares and has experienced an average volume of 781,977 shares. Our calculation, using the current average volume and close price, leads me to believe that the liquidity is good.
Earnings:
The last annual reported EPS for Axon Enterprise was 0.1 which ended on 31st of December 2017, which according to the previous close, that is a PE of 434.70. Based on 8 analyst estimates, the consensus EPS for the next quarter is 0.05. The trailing twelve month EPS is 0.62, which comes to a trailing twelve month PE of 70.11. Historically, the PE high was 434.70 and the PE low was 23.90. If the stock reached its PE low, that would represent a price of 14.82, which is a decrease of -65.91%.
Below was the last reported quarterly earnings per share:
09-30-2018: 0.10
06-30-2018: 0.15
03-31-2018: 0.24
12-31-2017: 0.13
Base on our calculations, the intrinsic value per share is 18.34, which means it might overvalued by -136.99%
Indicators Also to Watch:
Based on the latest filings, there is 5.40% of insider ownership and 96.60% of institutional ownership. Short-interest was 0, which was 0.00% of shares outstanding. The short-interest ratio or days-to-cover ratio was 0.00.
I calculated the beta to be 0.99
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Fundamental Numbers:
Based on last reported financials, the company’s return on equity is 8.01%, return on assets is 4.96%, profit margin is 6.26%, price-to-sales is 6.44 and price-to-book is 5.53.
Company Score Card:
Results are out of six:
4 : Growth Expectations Result
6 : Financial Safety Result
2 : Past Performance Result
0 : Valuation Result
0 : Dividend Safety Result
3 : Overall Result
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