Insider’s View: Deciphering GRAIL Inc (GRAL)’s Financial Health Through Ratios

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The price of GRAIL Inc (NASDAQ: GRAL) closed at $19.67 in the last session, up 1.13% from day before closing price of $19.45. In other words, the price has increased by $1.13 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.53 million shares were traded. GRAL stock price reached its highest trading level at $20.7299 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $19.54.

Ratios:

We take a closer look at GRAL’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 9.43 and its Current Ratio is at 9.65. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.03 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.02.

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, Morgan Stanley on November 27, 2024, initiated with a Equal-Weight rating and assigned the stock a target price of $16.

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 Nov 18 ’24 when Freidin Aaron sold 30,452 shares for $14.02 per share. The transaction valued at 426,937 led to the insider holds 268,277 shares of the business.

Aaron Freidin bought 31,721 shares of GRAL for $469,471 on Nov 18 ’24. On Oct 15 ’24, another insider, RAGUSA ROBERT P, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the company, sold 123,454 shares for $14.02 each. As a result, the insider received 1,730,825 and left with 612,661 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, GRAL now has a Market Capitalization of 660927744 and an Enterprise Value of -128242352. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.10 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.25. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at -1.09 whereas that against EBITDA is 0.197.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, GRAL has reached a high of $24.92, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $12.33. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 13.61%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 24.32%.

Shares Statistics:

According to the various share statistics, GRAL traded on average about 775.77K shares per day over the past 3-months and 963830 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 33.20M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 28.81M. Insiders hold about 14.25% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 66.97% stake in the company. Shares short for GRAL as of 1734048000 were 4896099 with a Short Ratio of 6.31, compared to 1731628800 on 3780404.

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