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Vericel Corp (NASDAQ: VCEL) closed the day trading at $49.62 down -6.11% from the previous closing price of $52.85. In other words, the price has decreased by -$6.11 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.67 million shares were traded.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of VCEL, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.23 and its Current Ratio is at 4.61. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.38 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.36.
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, Canaccord Genuity on August 09, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $57.
On June 20, 2024, TD Cowen started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $55.
Truist Upgraded its Hold to Buy on January 25, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $39 to $51.
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 25 ’25 when Flynn Sean C. sold 1,669 shares for $52.07 per share. The transaction valued at 86,905 led to the insider holds 756 shares of the business.
SIEGAL JONATHAN sold 1,137 shares of VCEL for $59,204 on Feb 25 ’25. The Principal Accounting Officer now owns 1,206 shares after completing the transaction at $52.07 per share. On Feb 25 ’25, another insider, Flynn Sean C., who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 1,669 shares for $52.07 each.
Valuation Measures:
As of this moment, Vericel’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 793.92, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 62.47. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 8.85. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 10.80 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 9.49.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, VCEL has reached a high of $63.00, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $39.12. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -13.23%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -1.22%.
Shares Statistics:
A total of 49.27M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 48.85M. Insiders hold about 1.04% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 106.52% stake in the company.
