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After finishing at $4.72 in the prior trading day, Personalis Inc (NASDAQ: PSNL) closed at $4.57, down -2.97%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.97 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.65 million shares were traded.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of PSNL by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.44 and its Current Ratio is at 4.62. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.27 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.22.
BofA Securities Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on January 07, 2022, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $27 to $23.
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 Jan 28 ’25 when Tachibana Aaron sold 708 shares for $5.79 per share. The transaction valued at 4,099 led to the insider holds 166,390 shares of the business.
Chen Richard sold 519 shares of PSNL for $3,005 on Jan 28 ’25. The CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND EVP now owns 123,367 shares after completing the transaction at $5.79 per share. On Dec 16 ’24, another insider, Chen Richard, who serves as the CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND EVP of the company, sold 4,834 shares for $3.82 each. As a result, the insider received 18,466 and left with 123,886 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.71 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.94.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, PSNL has reached a high of $7.20, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.13. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -12.67%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 14.56%.
Shares Statistics:
A total of 70.64M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 35.33M. Insiders hold about 50.25% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 40.97% stake in the company.
