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After finishing at $4.64 in the prior trading day, Lightwave Logic Inc (NASDAQ: LWLG) closed at $5.15, up 10.99%. In other words, the price has increased by $10.99 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.6 million shares were traded. LWLG stock price reached its highest trading level at $5.27 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $4.51.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of LWLG by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 20.72 and its Current Ratio is at 20.72. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.09 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.09.
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 Oct 02 ’25 when CONNELLY THOMAS M JR sold 6,000 shares for $4.25 per share. The transaction valued at 25,530 led to the insider holds 45,811 shares of the business.
Bucchi Ronald A sold 10,000 shares of LWLG for $39,670 on Oct 02 ’25. The Director now owns 185,583 shares after completing the transaction at $3.97 per share. On Oct 02 ’25, another insider, Partridge Laila, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 10,000 shares for $4.11 each. As a result, the insider received 41,140 and left with 53,802 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LWLG now has a Market Capitalization of 666615936 and an Enterprise Value of 647194048. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 7406.83 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 22.59. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6859.139 whereas that against EBITDA is -32.391.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LWLG is 2.59, which has changed by 0.7636986 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16845357 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LWLG has reached a high of $5.40, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.79. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 64.21%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 180.01%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 2.16M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2263670 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 129.44M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 127.55M. Insiders hold about 1.46% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 19.25% stake in the company. Shares short for LWLG as of 1757894400 were 15135766 with a Short Ratio of 7.01, compared to 1755216000 on 15904815. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 15135766 and a Short% of Float of 11.78.
