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uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ: QURE) closed the day trading at $4.39 down -3.09% from the previous closing price of $4.53. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.09 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.83 million shares were traded. QURE stock price reached its highest trading level at $4.7 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $4.37.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of QURE, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 8.68 and its Current Ratio is at 8.85. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.56 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.52.
On December 19, 2023, Mizuho Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Buy and also lowered its target price recommendation from $52 to $10.
UBS Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on March 17, 2022, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $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 Feb 26 ’24 when Kapusta Matthew C sold 27,904 shares for $6.35 per share. The transaction valued at 177,190 led to the insider holds 440,839 shares of the business.
KLEMT CHRISTIAN sold 15,906 shares of QURE for $101,480 on Feb 26 ’24. The Chief Financial Officer now owns 116,948 shares after completing the transaction at $6.38 per share. On Feb 26 ’24, another insider, CALOZ PIERRE, who serves as the Chief Operating Officer of the company, sold 9,455 shares for $6.47 each. As a result, the insider received 61,174 and left with 85,643 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, QURE now has a Market Capitalization of 216707520 and an Enterprise Value of 124768024. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 13.45 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.01. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 7.875 whereas that against EBITDA is -0.489.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for QURE is 0.97, which has changed by -0.78235 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.24191546 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, QURE has reached a high of $22.48, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $4.35. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -16.77%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -34.99%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, QURE traded about 949.75K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, QURE traded about 541200 shares per day. A total of 47.83M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 43.18M. Insiders hold about 11.05% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 77.16% stake in the company. Shares short for QURE as of 1713139200 were 2513776 with a Short Ratio of 2.65, compared to 1710460800 on 5154571. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2513776 and a Short% of Float of 6.12.
Earnings Estimates
As of right now, 13.0 analysts gave their recommendation on the stock of the company. On average, analysts expect EPS of -$1.28 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of -$0.9 and a low estimate of -$1.64, while EPS last year was -$1.63. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$1.24, with high estimates of -$0.48 and low estimates of -$1.63.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$1.12 and -$5.91 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$4.3. EPS for the following year is -$3.86, with 13.0 analysts recommending between -$2.35 and -$6.22.
Revenue Estimates
A total of 12 analysts have provided revenue estimates for QURE’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $167M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $7M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $50.69M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $15.84MBased on 13 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $84.75M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $221.2M and the low estimate is $13.4M.
