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Vera Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: VERA) closed the day trading at $27.34 down -2.60% from the previous closing price of $28.07. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.60 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.02 million shares were traded. VERA stock price reached its highest trading level at $28.08 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $26.74.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of VERA, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 25.58 and its Current Ratio is at 25.58. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.09 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.09.
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, Wolfe Research on February 04, 2025, initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $49.
On January 28, 2025, Goldman started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $58.
On November 21, 2024, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $70.Wells Fargo initiated its Overweight rating on November 21, 2024, with a $70 target price.
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 Feb 21 ’25 when Fordyce Marshall sold 10,613 shares for $27.89 per share. The transaction valued at 296,032 led to the insider holds 213,740 shares of the business.
Fordyce Marshall sold 9,075 shares of VERA for $250,882 on Feb 26 ’25. The PRESIDENT AND CEO now owns 204,665 shares after completing the transaction at $27.65 per share. On Feb 26 ’25, another insider, MARSHALL FORDYCE, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 9,075 shares for $27.10 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, VERA now has a Market Capitalization of 1789413888 and an Enterprise Value of 1156664192.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VERA is 1.19, which has changed by -0.3968674 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07465422 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VERA has reached a high of $51.61, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $25.99. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -16.96%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -29.26%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, VERA traded about 832.14K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, VERA traded about 595620 shares per day. A total of 63.56M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 48.92M. Insiders hold about 23.27% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 91.42% stake in the company. Shares short for VERA as of 1740700800 were 7797445 with a Short Ratio of 9.37, compared to 1738281600 on 8102354. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7797445 and a Short% of Float of 16.280001.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
