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After finishing at $1.29 in the prior trading day, Pliant Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: PLRX) closed at $1.31, up 1.55%. In other words, the price has increased by $1.55 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.83 million shares were traded. PLRX stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.32 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.285.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of PLRX by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 13.93 and its Current Ratio is at 13.93. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.30 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.29.
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 Jan 17 ’25 when Coulie Bernard sold 52,419 shares for $11.20 per share. The transaction valued at 587,150 led to the insider holds 430,517 shares of the business.
Cummings Keith Lamont sold 20,148 shares of PLRX for $225,680 on Jan 17 ’25. The Chief Financial Officer now owns 262,608 shares after completing the transaction at $11.20 per share. On Jan 17 ’25, another insider, Hull Hans, who serves as the Chief Business Officer of the company, sold 15,936 shares for $11.20 each. As a result, the insider received 178,501 and left with 211,558 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, PLRX now has a Market Capitalization of 80498688 and an Enterprise Value of -101441304.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PLRX is 1.40, which has changed by -0.8887931 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.17287207 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PLRX has reached a high of $12.88, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.10. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -7.19%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -11.02%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.23M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1080160 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 61.45M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 56.96M. Insiders hold about 7.31% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 72.52% stake in the company. Shares short for PLRX as of 1767139200 were 3100213 with a Short Ratio of 2.52, compared to 1764288000 on 3993673. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3100213 and a Short% of Float of 5.17.
