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The price of Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR) closed at $1.50 in the last session, down -9.09% from day before closing price of $1.65. In other words, the price has decreased by -$9.09 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.7 million shares were traded. NKTR stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.66 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.48.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at NKTR’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 6.14 and its Current Ratio is at 6.45. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.76 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.61.
Jefferies Upgraded its Underperform to Hold on May 10, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $1.50 to $1.
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 20 ’24 when ROBIN HOWARD W sold 20,033 shares for $0.68 per share. The transaction valued at 13,622 led to the insider holds 879,889 shares of the business.
Zalevsky Jonathan sold 9,014 shares of NKTR for $6,130 on Feb 20 ’24. The Chief R&D Officer now owns 265,025 shares after completing the transaction at $0.68 per share. On Feb 20 ’24, another insider, Wilson Mark Andrew, who serves as the Chief Legal Officer of the company, sold 7,606 shares for $0.68 each. As a result, the insider received 5,172 and left with 236,674 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, NKTR now has a Market Capitalization of 275436000 and an Enterprise Value of 202211728. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.06 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.19. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.244 whereas that against EBITDA is -1.587.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, NKTR has reached a high of $1.79, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.41. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 33.02%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 109.29%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, NKTR traded on average about 2.57M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1235310 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 191.38M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 177.94M. Insiders hold about 3.09% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 62.85% stake in the company. Shares short for NKTR as of 1713139200 were 3113324 with a Short Ratio of 1.21, compared to 1710460800 on 2514998. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3113324 and a Short% of Float of 3.63.
