After finishing at $1.83 in the prior trading day, Atyr Pharma Inc (NASDAQ: LIFE) closed at $1.72, down -6.01%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.1100 from its previous closing price. On the day, 789075 shares were traded. LIFE stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.8700 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.6900.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of LIFE by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 6.27 and its Current Ratio is at 6.27. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.17 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.15.
On October 12, 2021, RBC Capital Mkts started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $22.
On September 21, 2021, Piper Sandler started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $19.Piper Sandler initiated its Overweight rating on September 21, 2021, with a $19 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 Feb 06 ’24 when Broadfoot Jill Marie sold 1,590 shares for $1.69 per share. The transaction valued at 2,687 led to the insider holds 20,821 shares of the business.
Shukla Sanjay bought 12,000 shares of LIFE for $14,136 on Dec 12 ’23. The President and CEO now owns 106,173 shares after completing the transaction at $1.18 per share. On Dec 11 ’23, another insider, Shukla Sanjay, who serves as the President and CEO of the company, bought 3,000 shares for $1.17 each. As a result, the insider paid 3,510 and bolstered with 94,173 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, LIFE now has a Market Capitalization of 114.82M and an Enterprise Value of 31.75M. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 332.94 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.20. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 89.94 whereas that against EBITDA is -0.61.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, LIFE has reached a high of $2.70, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.08. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.8336, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 1.6468.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 540.90K shares per day over the past 3-months and 492.91k shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 67.75M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 65.34M. Insiders hold about 3.56% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 60.45% stake in the company. Shares short for LIFE as of Mar 15, 2024 were 289.27k with a Short Ratio of 0.53, compared to 135.28k on Feb 15, 2024. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 0.43% and a Short% of Float of 0.59%.
Earnings Estimates
Its stock is currently analyzed by 5 different market analysts. On average, analysts expect EPS of -$0.24 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of -$0.18 and a low estimate of -$0.29, while EPS last year was -$0.29. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.24, with high estimates of -$0.19 and low estimates of -$0.3.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.75 and -$1.19 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.94. EPS for the following year is -$0.95, with 4 analysts recommending between -$0.64 and -$1.11.
