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Arbutus Biopharma Corp (NASDAQ: ABUS) closed the day trading at $3.47 up 0.58% from the previous closing price of $3.45. In other words, the price has increased by $0.58 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.44 million shares were traded. ABUS stock price reached its highest trading level at $3.53 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $3.43.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of ABUS, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 6.01 and its Current Ratio is at 6.01. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.07 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.06.
On February 25, 2021, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $5.
On December 17, 2020, H.C. Wainwright started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $10.H.C. Wainwright initiated its Buy rating on December 17, 2020, with a $10 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 21 ’25 when McElhaugh Michael J. bought 246,886 shares for $3.26 per share.
McElhaugh Michael J. bought 53,114 shares of ABUS for $170,098 on Apr 15 ’25. On Mar 31 ’25, another insider, Sofia Michael J., who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 250,000 shares for $3.50 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, ABUS now has a Market Capitalization of 664598720 and an Enterprise Value of 557490112. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 103.84 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 8.39. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 87.067 whereas that against EBITDA is -8.423.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ABUS is 1.24, which has changed by 0.1762712 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.092761636 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ABUS has reached a high of $4.72, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $2.70. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 4.42%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -1.70%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, ABUS traded about 927.26K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, ABUS traded about 561750 shares per day. A total of 191.48M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 148.66M. Insiders hold about 22.38% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 58.84% stake in the company. Shares short for ABUS as of 1748563200 were 12751934 with a Short Ratio of 13.75, compared to 1745971200 on 11190235. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 12751934 and a Short% of Float of 9.46.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
Earnings Estimates
The current rating of Arbutus Biopharma Corp (ABUS) is the result of assessments by 2.0 analysts actively engaged in evaluating its market dynamics.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.08, with high estimates of -$0.07 and low estimates of -$0.1.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.42 and -$0.45 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.43. EPS for the following year is -$0.38, with 2.0 analysts recommending between -$0.35 and -$0.41.
Revenue Estimates
4 analysts predict $2.22M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $2.52M to a low estimate of $1.4M. As of the current estimate, Arbutus Biopharma Corp’s year-ago sales were $2.39MFor the next quarter, 4 analysts are estimating revenue of $2.19M. There is a high estimate of $2.52M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.26M.
A total of 4 analysts have provided revenue estimates for ABUS’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $9.92M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $5.18M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $7.85M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $8.8MBased on 3 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $6.18M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $9.86M and the low estimate is $3.92M.
