Insider’s View: Deciphering Pliant Therapeutics Inc (PLRX)’s Financial Health Through Ratios

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The price of Pliant Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: PLRX) closed at $1.47 in the last session, down -2.65% from day before closing price of $1.51. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.65 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.82 million shares were traded. PLRX stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.56 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.46.

Ratios:

We take a closer look at PLRX’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 10.91 and its Current Ratio is at 10.91. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.20 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.20.

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 Jan 17 ’25 when Coulie Bernard sold 52,419 shares for $11.20 per share. The transaction valued at 587,150 led to the insider holds 430,517 shares of the business.

Cummings Keith Lamont sold 20,148 shares of PLRX for $225,680 on Jan 17 ’25. The Chief Financial Officer now owns 262,608 shares after completing the transaction at $11.20 per share. On Jan 17 ’25, another insider, Hull Hans, who serves as the Chief Business Officer of the company, sold 15,936 shares for $11.20 each. As a result, the insider received 178,501 and left with 211,558 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, PLRX now has a Market Capitalization of 90017360 and an Enterprise Value of -205514656.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for PLRX is 1.40, which has changed by -0.90074277 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.06429911 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PLRX has reached a high of $16.52, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.26. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -70.52%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -86.53%.

Shares Statistics:

According to the various share statistics, PLRX traded on average about 2.62M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2084990 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 60.86M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 52.99M. Insiders hold about 13.46% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 100.17% stake in the company. Shares short for PLRX as of 1741910400 were 3978061 with a Short Ratio of 1.52, compared to 1739491200 on 3535747. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3978061 and a Short% of Float of 6.64.

Dividends & Splits

Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0

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