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The price of Atyr Pharma Inc (NASDAQ: LIFE) closed at $1.66 in the last session, up 3.11% from day before closing price of $1.61. In other words, the price has increased by $3.11 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.32 million shares were traded. LIFE stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.75 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.5901.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at LIFE’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 6.07 and its Current Ratio is at 6.07. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.17 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.15.
On October 12, 2021, RBC Capital Mkts started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $22.
On September 21, 2021, Piper Sandler started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $19.Piper Sandler initiated its Overweight rating on September 21, 2021, with a $19 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 Feb 06 ’24 when Broadfoot Jill Marie sold 1,590 shares for $1.69 per share. The transaction valued at 2,687 led to the insider holds 20,821 shares of the business.
Shukla Sanjay bought 12,000 shares of LIFE for $14,136 on Dec 12 ’23. The President and CEO now owns 106,173 shares after completing the transaction at $1.18 per share. On Dec 11 ’23, another insider, Shukla Sanjay, who serves as the President and CEO of the company, bought 3,000 shares for $1.17 each. As a result, the insider paid 3,510 and bolstered with 94,173 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, LIFE now has a Market Capitalization of 112781728 and an Enterprise Value of 25141038. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 194.16 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.34. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 71.221 whereas that against EBITDA is -0.463.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, LIFE has reached a high of $2.70, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.08. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -6.16%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 3.15%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, LIFE traded on average about 572.67K shares per day over the past 3-months and 376380 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 69.01M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 66.88M. Insiders hold about 3.09% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 59.65% stake in the company. Shares short for LIFE as of 1713139200 were 383052 with a Short Ratio of 0.67, compared to 1710460800 on 289272. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 383052 and a Short% of Float of 0.8.
