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In the latest session, Merus N.V (NASDAQ: MRUS) closed at $53.33 up 1.27% from its previous closing price of $52.66. In other words, the price has increased by $1.27 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.53 million shares were traded. MRUS stock price reached its highest trading level at $54.18 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $52.53.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Merus N.V’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 5.86 and its Current Ratio is at 5.86. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.02 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.01.
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, Piper Sandler on February 13, 2025, initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned the stock a target price of $84.
On February 07, 2025, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $91.
On November 21, 2024, Goldman started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $73.Goldman initiated its Buy rating on November 21, 2024, with a $73 target price.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 20 ’25 when Silverman Peter B. sold 34,000 shares for $52.76 per share. The transaction valued at 1,793,840 led to the insider holds 0 shares of the business.
Silverman Peter B. bought 34,000 shares of MRUS for $1,793,741 on Jun 20 ’25. On Mar 21 ’25, another insider, Shuman Harry, who serves as the VP Controller, PAO of the company, sold 4,000 shares for $48.50 each. As a result, the insider received 193,990 and left with 11,002 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, MRUS now has a Market Capitalization of 3971842816 and an Enterprise Value of 3192165120. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 72.57 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 6.19. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 58.324 whereas that against EBITDA is -10.692.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MRUS is 1.08, which has changed by -0.00018745661 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1185931 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MRUS has reached a high of $62.98, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $33.19. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 8.75%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 14.71%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, MRUS has traded an average of 1.20M shares per day and 674370 over the past ten days. A total of 69.18M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 66.31M. Insiders hold about 10.96% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 90.07% stake in the company. Shares short for MRUS as of 1749772800 were 5001782 with a Short Ratio of 4.17, compared to 1747267200 on 5673136. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5001782 and a Short% of Float of 6.74.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0