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The price of Arbutus Biopharma Corp (NASDAQ: ABUS) closed at $4.34 in the last session, down -0.91% from day before closing price of $4.38. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.91 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.91 million shares were traded. ABUS stock price reached its highest trading level at $4.395 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $4.285.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at ABUS’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. 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:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. 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 831972352 and an Enterprise Value of 738883328. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 53.95 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 10.02. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 47.93 whereas that against EBITDA is -17.087.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ABUS is 1.07, which has changed by 0.15119362 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1719923 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ABUS has reached a high of $5.10, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $2.70. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 11.06%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 25.59%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, ABUS traded on average about 1.04M shares per day over the past 3-months and 902010 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 191.64M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 149.23M. Insiders hold about 22.15% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 61.77% stake in the company. Shares short for ABUS as of 1757894400 were 11160517 with a Short Ratio of 10.69, compared to 1755216000 on 12514972. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 11160517 and a Short% of Float of 8.270001.
Earnings Estimates
At present, 3.0 analysts are actively evaluating the performance of Arbutus Biopharma Corp (ABUS) in the stock market.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
