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Veru Inc (NASDAQ: VERU) closed the day trading at $0.37 down -0.11% from the previous closing price of $0.37. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.11 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.27 million shares were traded. VERU stock price reached its highest trading level at $0.3977 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $0.3664.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of VERU, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.80 and its Current Ratio is at 3.80. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.16 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.13.
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, B. Riley Securities on May 14, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $5.
On March 28, 2024, Raymond James started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $3.
Jefferies Upgraded its Underperform to Hold on June 07, 2023, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $1.
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 18 ’25 when Rankowitz Michael L bought 95,279 shares for $0.55 per share. The transaction valued at 52,432 led to the insider holds 195,279 shares of the business.
Rankowitz Michael L bought 54,721 shares of VERU for $31,919 on Feb 19 ’25. The Director now owns 250,000 shares after completing the transaction at $0.58 per share.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, VERU now has a Market Capitalization of 54631856 and an Enterprise Value of 530088800. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.15 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.60. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 31.391 whereas that against EBITDA is -13.007.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VERU is -0.68, which has changed by -0.55241984 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.19554341 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VERU has reached a high of $1.42, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.36. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -34.95%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -39.31%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, VERU traded about 2.62M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, VERU traded about 180033 shares per day. A total of 146.58M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 119.15M. Insiders hold about 18.71% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 25.73% stake in the company. Shares short for VERU as of 1752537600 were 1121303 with a Short Ratio of 4.28, compared to 1749772800 on 1332157. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1121303 and a Short% of Float of 0.86.
Earnings Estimates
Currently, 2.0 analysts are dedicated to thoroughly evaluating and rating the performance of Veru Inc (VERU) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.55, with high estimates of -$0.5 and low estimates of -$0.6.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$1.7 and -$2.2 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$1.95. EPS for the following year is -$2.5, with 2.0 analysts recommending between -$2.4 and -$2.6.
