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The price of Veru Inc (NASDAQ: VERU) closed at $0.54 in the last session, up 3.47% from day before closing price of $0.52. In other words, the price has increased by $3.47 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.75 million shares were traded. VERU stock price reached its highest trading level at $0.5427 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $0.5061.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at VERU’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.47 and its Current Ratio is at 4.47. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.13 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.10.
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, B. Riley Securities on May 14, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $5.
On March 28, 2024, Raymond James started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $3.
Jefferies Upgraded its Underperform to Hold on June 07, 2023, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $1.
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 Feb 18 ’25 when Rankowitz Michael L bought 95,279 shares for $0.55 per share. The transaction valued at 52,432 led to the insider holds 195,279 shares of the business.
Rankowitz Michael L bought 54,721 shares of VERU for $31,919 on Feb 19 ’25. The Director now owns 250,000 shares after completing the transaction at $0.58 per share. On May 24 ’24, another insider, FISCH HARRY, who serves as the Chief Corporate Officer of the company, bought 4,000 shares for $1.25 each. As a result, the insider paid 5,000 and bolstered with 774,736 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, VERU now has a Market Capitalization of 79442592 and an Enterprise Value of 56753192. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.39 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.98. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.361 whereas that against EBITDA is -1.394.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VERU is -0.72, which has changed by -0.64705884 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.059571505 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VERU has reached a high of $1.92, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.45. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.94%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -26.38%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, VERU traded on average about 3.47M shares per day over the past 3-months and 3176400 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 146.38M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 121.30M. Insiders hold about 17.14% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 36.36% stake in the company. Shares short for VERU as of 1743379200 were 14019181 with a Short Ratio of 4.04, compared to 1740700800 on 13706750. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 14019181 and a Short% of Float of 10.7200004.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.71.
