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After finishing at $22.21 in the prior trading day, Beam Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: BEAM) closed at $19.53, down -12.07%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$12.07 from its previous closing price. On the day, 5.74 million shares were traded. BEAM stock price reached its highest trading level at $21.38 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $18.3.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of BEAM by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.82 and its Current Ratio is at 4.82. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.22 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.20.
On March 10, 2025, Scotiabank Upgraded its rating to Sector Outperform which previously was Sector Perform but kept the price unchanged to $40.
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 01 ’25 when AMY SIMON bought 30,562 shares for $22.21 per share.
JOHN M. EVANS bought 64,842 shares of BEAM for $1,440,141 on Apr 01 ’25. On Apr 01 ’25, another insider, CHRISTINE BELLON, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 18,125 shares for $22.21 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BEAM now has a Market Capitalization of 2217455872 and an Enterprise Value of 894791424. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 30.70 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.23. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 14.087 whereas that against EBITDA is -2.273.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BEAM is 1.96, which has changed by -0.36072016 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.077997446 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BEAM has reached a high of $35.25, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $20.84. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -25.99%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -24.15%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.62M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2260450 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 99.84M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 88.04M. Insiders hold about 11.82% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 69.87% stake in the company. Shares short for BEAM as of 1741910400 were 12163727 with a Short Ratio of 7.50, compared to 1739491200 on 9237141. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 12163727 and a Short% of Float of 15.14.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
