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Certara Inc (NASDAQ: CERT) closed the day trading at $9.84 down -3.81% from the previous closing price of $10.23. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.81 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.8 million shares were traded. CERT stock price reached its highest trading level at $10.25 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $9.72.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of CERT, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 8.91 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 17.37. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.78 and its Current Ratio is at 2.78. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.29 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.28.
On May 08, 2025, Barclays Upgraded its rating to Overweight which previously was Equal Weight but kept the price unchanged to $14.
On February 27, 2025, TD Cowen started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $16.TD Cowen initiated its Buy rating on February 27, 2025, with a $16 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 02 ’25 when SMITH PATRICK F bought 20,142 shares for $9.73 per share.
SMITH PATRICK F sold 5,409 shares of CERT for $59,661 on Oct 07 ’24. The PRESIDENT, DRUG DEV SOLUTIONS now owns 50,091 shares after completing the transaction at $11.03 per share. On Oct 07 ’24, another insider, SMITH PATRICK F, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 5,409 shares for $11.03 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CERT now has a Market Capitalization of 1596382592 and an Enterprise Value of 1725042816. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.05 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.47. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.373 whereas that against EBITDA is 18.313.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CERT is 1.42, which has changed by -0.35517693 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.18569505 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CERT has reached a high of $16.18, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $8.64. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -11.36%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -14.66%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, CERT traded about 1.79M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, CERT traded about 1441100 shares per day. A total of 161.48M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 119.58M. Insiders hold about 26.29% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 73.36% stake in the company. Shares short for CERT as of 1752537600 were 9833263 with a Short Ratio of 5.50, compared to 1749772800 on 8959674. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9833263 and a Short% of Float of 8.0299996.
