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The price of Liquidia Corp (NASDAQ: LQDA) closed at $14.41 in the last session, up 1.05% from day before closing price of $14.26. In other words, the price has increased by $1.05 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.55 million shares were traded. LQDA stock price reached its highest trading level at $14.455 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $14.05.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at LQDA’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 6.33 and its Current Ratio is at 6.33. 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, Wells Fargo on December 20, 2024, initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned the stock a target price of $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 27 ’25 when Adair Jason sold 445 shares for $14.20 per share. The transaction valued at 6,319 led to the insider holds 179,770 shares of the business.
Saggar Rajeev sold 2,445 shares of LQDA for $31,785 on Jan 21 ’25. The Chief Medical Officer now owns 267,943 shares after completing the transaction at $13.00 per share. On Jan 14 ’25, another insider, Schundler Russell, who serves as the General Counsel of the company, sold 16,393 shares for $11.78 each. As a result, the insider received 193,110 and left with 573,478 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, LQDA now has a Market Capitalization of 1219613440 and an Enterprise Value of 772092992. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 78.13 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 11.02. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 52.028 whereas that against EBITDA is -8.056.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LQDA is 0.27, which has changed by 0.050073624 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.21794415 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LQDA has reached a high of $16.99, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $8.26. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 22.31%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 23.62%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, LQDA traded on average about 839.68K shares per day over the past 3-months and 1090360 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 84.55M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 59.03M. Insiders hold about 30.25% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 54.29% stake in the company. Shares short for LQDA as of 1730332800 were 10334276 with a Short Ratio of 12.56, compared to 1727654400 on 11839099. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 10334276 and a Short% of Float of 18.879999.
