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After finishing at $9.36 in the prior trading day, Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: BCRX) closed at $8.96, down -4.27%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$4.27 from its previous closing price. On the day, 5.12 million shares were traded. BCRX stock price reached its highest trading level at $9.47 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $8.92.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of BCRX by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.88 and its Current Ratio is at 2.93.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Cantor Fitzgerald on April 29, 2025, initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned the stock a target price of $20.
On February 25, 2025, Wedbush started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $15.
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 Dec 13 ’24 when Hutson Nancy J sold 7,000 shares for $7.54 per share. The transaction valued at 52,780 led to the insider holds 86,638 shares of the business.
Hutson Nancy J bought 7,000 shares of BCRX for $52,584 on Dec 13 ’24.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BCRX now has a Market Capitalization of 1956640128 and an Enterprise Value of 2409080576. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.72. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.785 whereas that against EBITDA is 64.288.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BCRX is 1.06, which has changed by 0.36793888 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12632763 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BCRX has reached a high of $11.31, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $6.01. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -9.24%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 8.19%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 4.60M shares per day over the past 3-months and 3944860 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 209.21M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 200.37M. Insiders hold about 4.24% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 84.28% stake in the company. Shares short for BCRX as of 1749772800 were 23076302 with a Short Ratio of 5.02, compared to 1747267200 on 20977946. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 23076302 and a Short% of Float of 11.07.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
