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The price of Geron Corp (NASDAQ: GERN) closed at $3.98 in the last session, down -0.25% from day before closing price of $3.99. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.25 from its previous closing price. On the day, 5.93 million shares were traded. GERN stock price reached its highest trading level at $4.05 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $3.93.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at GERN’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.74 and its Current Ratio is at 2.89. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.30 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.05.
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, H.C. Wainwright on November 05, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $8.
On September 09, 2024, Leerink Partners started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $7.Leerink Partners initiated its Outperform rating on September 09, 2024, with a $7 target price.
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 Jul 08 ’24 when GRETHLEIN ANDREW J sold 674,348 shares for $4.56 per share. The transaction valued at 3,073,004 led to the insider holds 0 shares of the business.
Feller Faye sold 287,900 shares of GERN for $1,334,129 on Jun 10 ’24. The EVP, Chief Medical Officer now owns 0 shares after completing the transaction at $4.63 per share. On Jun 10 ’24, another insider, Kapur Anil, who serves as the EVP, Corp Strategy & CCO of the company, sold 421,875 shares for $4.64 each. As a result, the insider received 1,959,609 and left with 0 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, GERN now has a Market Capitalization of 2405913856 and an Enterprise Value of 2153403136. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 81.61 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 8.21. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 73.046 whereas that against EBITDA is -10.38.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, GERN has reached a high of $5.34, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.64. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.70%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -0.90%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, GERN traded on average about 8.13M shares per day over the past 3-months and 4716490 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 603.10M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 564.66M. Insiders hold about 6.59% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 78.66% stake in the company. Shares short for GERN as of 1732838400 were 66352865 with a Short Ratio of 8.16, compared to 1730332800 on 76242162. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 66352865 and a Short% of Float of 11.04.
