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BioAtla Inc (NASDAQ: BCAB) closed the day trading at $1.59 down -4.79% from the previous closing price of $1.67. In other words, the price has decreased by -$4.79 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.56 million shares were traded. BCAB stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.68 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.57.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of BCAB, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.11 and its Current Ratio is at 3.11. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.05 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.00.
On September 15, 2022, JMP Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Mkt Outperform rating and target price of $17.
Credit Suisse Downgraded its Outperform to Neutral on May 05, 2022, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $35 to $5.
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 Dec 26 ’23 when MCBRINN SYLVIA bought 4,000 shares for $2.33 per share. The transaction valued at 9,320 led to the insider holds 15,125 shares of the business.
SHORT JAY M PHD bought 50,000 shares of BCAB for $106,910 on Dec 20 ’23. The Chief Executive Officer now owns 1,439,283 shares after completing the transaction at $2.14 per share. On Dec 19 ’23, another insider, STEINMAN LAWRENCE, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 20,000 shares for $2.05 each. As a result, the insider paid 41,048 and bolstered with 38,459 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, BCAB now has a Market Capitalization of 76869504 and an Enterprise Value of 21604462. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.99 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.35. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.964 whereas that against EBITDA is -0.254.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, BCAB has reached a high of $4.02, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.14. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -15.32%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -23.74%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, BCAB traded about 1.20M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, BCAB traded about 861730 shares per day. A total of 48.35M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 39.02M. Shares short for BCAB as of 1731628800 were 4138894 with a Short Ratio of 3.45, compared to 1728950400 on 5242717. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4138894 and a Short% of Float of 9.5699996.
