Market Insight: Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR)’s Notable Drop, Closing at 1.11

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In the latest session, Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR) closed at $1.11 down -8.26% from its previous closing price of $1.21. In other words, the price has decreased by -$8.26 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.13 million shares were traded. NKTR stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.21 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.11.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Nektar Therapeutics’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.90 and its Current Ratio is at 5.15. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.76 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.49.

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, Rodman & Renshaw on June 28, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $2.

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 14 ’24 when CHESS ROBERT sold 19,500 shares for $1.20 per share. The transaction valued at 23,400 led to the insider holds 255,273 shares of the business.

ROBIN HOWARD W sold 16,650 shares of NKTR for $29,138 on May 17 ’24. The President & CEO now owns 863,239 shares after completing the transaction at $1.75 per share. On May 17 ’24, another insider, Zalevsky Jonathan, who serves as the Chief R&D Officer of the company, sold 7,355 shares for $1.75 each. As a result, the insider received 12,871 and left with 257,670 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, NKTR now has a Market Capitalization of 204262208 and an Enterprise Value of 152699216. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.19 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.56. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.639 whereas that against EBITDA is -1.187.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, NKTR has reached a high of $1.93, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.41. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -13.61%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 15.71%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, NKTR has traded an average of 1.88M shares per day and 1036710 over the past ten days. A total of 191.38M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 178.72M. Insiders hold about 2.88% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 55.47% stake in the company. Shares short for NKTR as of 1721001600 were 9724532 with a Short Ratio of 4.69, compared to 1718323200 on 4337667. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9724532 and a Short% of Float of 6.760000400000001.

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