Metric Deep Dive: Understanding Veru Inc (VERU) Through its Ratios

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After finishing at $0.83 in the prior trading day, Veru Inc (NASDAQ: VERU) closed at $0.81, down -1.66%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.66 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.52 million shares were traded. VERU stock price reached its highest trading level at $0.846 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $0.798.

Ratios:

Our goal is to gain a better understanding of VERU by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.16 and its Current Ratio is at 3.62. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.36 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.31.

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:

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 May 24 ’24 when FISCH HARRY bought 4,000 shares for $1.25 per share. The transaction valued at 5,000 led to the insider holds 774,736 shares of the business.

BARNETTE K GARY bought 5,000 shares of VERU for $6,696 on May 24 ’24. The Chief Scientific Officer now owns 5,000 shares after completing the transaction at $1.34 per share. On May 24 ’24, another insider, STEINER MITCHELL SHUSTER, who serves as the President and CEO of the company, sold 63,379 shares for $1.23 each. As a result, the insider received 78,102 and left with 6,942,709 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 118922360 and an Enterprise Value of 103448392. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 8.44 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.16. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 7.341 whereas that against EBITDA is -1.591.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, VERU has reached a high of $1.92, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.36. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -7.36%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -5.30%.

Shares Statistics:

The stock has traded on average 1.07M shares per day over the past 3-months and 484150 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 146.38M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 125.73M. Insiders hold about 14.11% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 41.99% stake in the company. Shares short for VERU as of 1724976000 were 13134172 with a Short Ratio of 12.25, compared to 1722384000 on 13373759. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 13134172 and a Short% of Float of 10.040000000000001.

Dividends & Splits

The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.71.

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