After finishing at $0.23 in the prior trading day, Atreca Inc (NASDAQ: BCEL) closed at $0.22, down -3.62%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.0084 from its previous closing price. On the day, 612738 shares were traded.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of BCEL by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.58 and its Current Ratio is at 1.58. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.12 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.00.
On February 08, 2021, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $30.
On April 22, 2020, Wedbush started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $27.Wedbush initiated its Outperform rating on April 22, 2020, with a $27 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 Oct 19 ’23 when BAKER BROS. ADVISORS LP sold 274,739 shares for $0.40 per share. The transaction valued at 110,582 led to the insider holds 286,893 shares of the business.
Serafini Tito sold 5,487 shares of BCEL for $5,225 on Aug 02 ’23. The Chief Strategy Officer now owns 72,817 shares after completing the transaction at $0.95 per share. On Aug 02 ’23, another insider, CROSS HERB, who serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the company, sold 5,487 shares for $0.95 each. As a result, the insider received 5,225 and left with 72,817 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, BCEL now has a Market Capitalization of 8.87M and an Enterprise Value of -11.24M. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 34.12 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.82.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BCEL is 1.17, which has changed by -84.23% over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 32.88% over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BCEL has reached a high of $1.60, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.10. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.2418, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.4747.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 8.78M shares per day over the past 3-months and 609.86k shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 39.62M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 34.19M. Insiders hold about 13.71% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 18.16% stake in the company. Shares short for BCEL as of Feb 15, 2024 were 2.63M with a Short Ratio of 0.30, compared to 3.31M on Jan 12, 2024. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6.64% and a Short% of Float of 9.23%.
Earnings Estimates
Its stock is currently analyzed by 2 different market analysts. On average, analysts expect EPS of -$0.35 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of -$0.22 and a low estimate of -$0.48, while EPS last year was -$0.53. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.22, with high estimates of -$0.22 and low estimates of -$0.22.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$1.65 and -$2.43 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$2.04. EPS for the following year is -$0.86, with 2 analysts recommending between -$0.65 and -$1.07.
