Insider’s View: Deciphering Bluebird bio Inc (BLUE)’s Financial Health Through Ratios

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The price of Bluebird bio Inc (NASDAQ: BLUE) closed at $0.49 in the last session, up 0.88% from day before closing price of $0.49. In other words, the price has increased by $0.88 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.18 million shares were traded. BLUE stock price reached its highest trading level at $0.5 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $0.4835.

Ratios:

We take a closer look at BLUE’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.57 and its Current Ratio is at 0.68. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 7.37 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 3.67.

Morgan Stanley Upgraded its Underweight to Equal-Weight on December 08, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $3 to $7.

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 Sep 30 ’24 when Klima Thomas J sold 1,006 shares for $0.53 per share. The transaction valued at 529 led to the insider holds 170,000 shares of the business.

Obenshain Andrew sold 34,780 shares of BLUE for $18,270 on Sep 30 ’24. The President and CEO now owns 375,218 shares after completing the transaction at $0.53 per share. On Sep 30 ’24, another insider, Obenshain Andrew, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 34,780 shares for $0.52 each.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BLUE now has a Market Capitalization of 95172992 and an Enterprise Value of 346745792. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.73 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.80. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.316 whereas that against EBITDA is -1.148.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, BLUE has reached a high of $5.53, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.45. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -16.60%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -50.58%.

Shares Statistics:

According to the various share statistics, BLUE traded on average about 7.34M shares per day over the past 3-months and 4592540 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 192.77M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 192.36M. Insiders hold about 0.80% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 42.46% stake in the company. Shares short for BLUE as of 1727654400 were 48991273 with a Short Ratio of 6.68, compared to 1724976000 on 49371558. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 48991273 and a Short% of Float of 27.38.

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