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The price of HilleVax Inc (NASDAQ: HLVX) closed at $2.06 in the last session, down -2.37% from day before closing price of $2.11. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.37 from its previous closing price. On the day, 59470.0 shares were traded. HLVX stock price reached its highest trading level at $2.1 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $2.045.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at HLVX’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 25.32 and its Current Ratio is at 25.32. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.16 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.14.
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 the company, Stifel on July 09, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Hold and sets its target price to $3 from $34 previously.
On July 09, 2024, Leerink Partners Downgraded its rating to Market Perform which previously was Outperform and also lowered its target price recommendation from $28 to $2.
H.C. Wainwright Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on July 09, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $28 to $2.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 04 ’25 when HERSHBERG ROBERT sold 14,634 shares for $1.89 per share. The transaction valued at 27,658 led to the insider holds 1,113,399 shares of the business.
HERSHBERG ROBERT sold 11,901 shares of HLVX for $21,003 on Feb 11 ’25. The insider now owns 1,101,498 shares after completing the transaction at $1.76 per share. On Feb 11 ’25, another insider, Maltbie Shane, who serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the company, sold 4,345 shares for $1.76 each. As a result, the insider received 7,659 and left with 79,887 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, HLVX now has a Market Capitalization of 103207440 and an Enterprise Value of -36784472.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for HLVX is 0.75, which has changed by -0.85348505 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12792087 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, HLVX has reached a high of $14.43, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.34. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 7.19%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 11.26%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, HLVX traded on average about 333.52K shares per day over the past 3-months and 640590 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 50.10M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 22.74M. Insiders hold about 54.64% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 34.31% stake in the company. Shares short for HLVX as of 1749772800 were 1618446 with a Short Ratio of 4.85, compared to 1747267200 on 1882697. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1618446 and a Short% of Float of 7.6499999999999995.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0