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The price of Merus N.V (NASDAQ: MRUS) closed at $40.40 in the last session, down -1.27% from day before closing price of $40.92. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.27 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.66 million shares were traded. MRUS stock price reached its highest trading level at $41.91 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $39.6.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at MRUS’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 5.86 and its Current Ratio is at 5.86. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.02 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.01.
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, Piper Sandler on February 13, 2025, initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned the stock a target price of $84.
On February 07, 2025, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $91.
On November 21, 2024, Goldman started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $73.Goldman initiated its Buy rating on November 21, 2024, with a $73 target price.
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 Mar 21 ’25 when Shuman Harry sold 4,000 shares for $48.50 per share. The transaction valued at 193,990 led to the insider holds 11,002 shares of the business.
Shuman Harry sold 2,500 shares of MRUS for $135,000 on Aug 21 ’24. The VP Controller, PAO now owns 7,002 shares after completing the transaction at $54.00 per share. On Aug 20 ’24, another insider, Shuman Harry, who serves as the VP Controller, PAO of the company, sold 2,500 shares for $54.00 each. As a result, the insider received 135,000 and left with 7,002 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, MRUS now has a Market Capitalization of 2796229632 and an Enterprise Value of 2347759360. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 51.09 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.69. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 42.896 whereas that against EBITDA is -7.864.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MRUS is 0.92, which has changed by -0.10262108 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11241627 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MRUS has reached a high of $61.61, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $33.19. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -7.40%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -12.89%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, MRUS traded on average about 787.82K shares per day over the past 3-months and 873600 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 69.18M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 61.50M. Insiders hold about 11.14% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 99.49% stake in the company. Shares short for MRUS as of 1745971200 were 5901868 with a Short Ratio of 7.49, compared to 1743379200 on 7415546. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5901868 and a Short% of Float of 8.559999999999999.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
