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After finishing at $5.36 in the prior trading day, Personalis Inc (NASDAQ: PSNL) closed at $5.22, down -2.61%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.61 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.59 million shares were traded. PSNL stock price reached its highest trading level at $5.5 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $5.16.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of PSNL by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.44 and its Current Ratio is at 4.62. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.27 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.22.
BofA Securities Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on January 07, 2022, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $27 to $23.
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 Jan 28 ’25 when Tachibana Aaron sold 708 shares for $5.79 per share. The transaction valued at 4,099 led to the insider holds 166,390 shares of the business.
Chen Richard sold 519 shares of PSNL for $3,005 on Jan 28 ’25. The CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND EVP now owns 123,367 shares after completing the transaction at $5.79 per share. On Dec 16 ’24, another insider, Chen Richard, who serves as the CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND EVP of the company, sold 4,834 shares for $3.82 each. As a result, the insider received 18,466 and left with 123,886 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, PSNL now has a Market Capitalization of 442097440 and an Enterprise Value of 270288000. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.24 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.21. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.089 whereas that against EBITDA is -4.598.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PSNL is 1.73, which has changed by 3.2096772 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.22208416 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PSNL has reached a high of $7.20, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.12. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 8.04%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 40.64%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.15M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1371990 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 70.64M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 35.33M. Insiders hold about 50.26% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 42.21% stake in the company. Shares short for PSNL as of 1736899200 were 3513322 with a Short Ratio of 3.05, compared to 1734048000 on 2971527. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3513322 and a Short% of Float of 5.83.
