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Arbutus Biopharma Corp (NASDAQ: ABUS) closed the day trading at $4.9 up 6.06% from the previous closing price of $4.62. In other words, the price has increased by $6.06 from its previous closing price. On the day, 5.05 million shares were traded. ABUS stock price reached its highest trading level at $5.1 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $4.59.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of ABUS, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 20.53 and its Current Ratio is at 20.53. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.06 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.05.
On February 25, 2021, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $5. On December 17, 2020, H.C. Wainwright started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $10.H.C. Wainwright initiated its Buy rating on December 17, 2020, with a $10 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 21 ’25 when McElhaugh Michael J. bought 246,886 shares for $3.26 per share.
McElhaugh Michael J. bought 53,114 shares of ABUS for $170,098 on Apr 15 ’25. On Mar 31 ’25, another insider, Sofia Michael J., who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 250,000 shares for $3.50 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, ABUS now has a Market Capitalization of 939325184 and an Enterprise Value of 846234624. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 60.92 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 11.32. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 54.893 whereas that against EBITDA is -19.569.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ABUS is 1.05, which has changed by 0.09619689 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.17089343 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ABUS has reached a high of $4.69, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $2.70. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 40.58%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 44.96%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, ABUS traded about 935.18K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, ABUS traded about 2042350 shares per day. A total of 191.64M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 148.80M. Insiders hold about 22.38% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 62.12% stake in the company. Shares short for ABUS as of 1756425600 were 10546749 with a Short Ratio of 11.28, compared to 1753920000 on 12983847. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 10546749 and a Short% of Float of 7.8099996.
Earnings Estimates
Arbutus Biopharma Corp (ABUS) is currently under the scrutiny of 3.0 analysts, each contributing to the ongoing evaluation of its stock.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.05, with high estimates of -$0.03 and low estimates of -$0.07.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.22 and -$0.29 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.25. EPS for the following year is -$0.25, with 3.0 analysts recommending between -$0.23 and -$0.29.
Revenue Estimates
A total of 4 analysts have provided revenue estimates for ABUS’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $22.26M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $17.18M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $19.85M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $8.8M
