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Liquidia Corp (NASDAQ: LQDA) closed the day trading at $12.46 down -4.89% from the previous closing price of $13.1. In other words, the price has decreased by -$4.89 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.3 million shares were traded. LQDA stock price reached its highest trading level at $13.185 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $12.325.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of LQDA, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.91 and its Current Ratio is at 2.93. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.21 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.21.
On December 20, 2024, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $20.
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 Jun 04 ’25 when Schundler Russell sold 8,460 shares for $16.97 per share. The transaction valued at 143,566 led to the insider holds 582,054 shares of the business.
Moomaw Scott sold 6,656 shares of LQDA for $112,952 on Jun 04 ’25. The Chief Commercial Officer now owns 224,921 shares after completing the transaction at $16.97 per share. On Jun 04 ’25, another insider, Saggar Rajeev, who serves as the Chief Medical Officer of the company, sold 7,597 shares for $16.97 each. As a result, the insider received 128,921 and left with 273,209 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, LQDA now has a Market Capitalization of 1065136832 and an Enterprise Value of 1043044160. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 75.33 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 21.38. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 73.745 whereas that against EBITDA is -8.255.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LQDA is 0.01, which has changed by 0.053254485 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12632763 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LQDA has reached a high of $19.41, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $8.26. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -17.78%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -5.34%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, LQDA traded about 2.00M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, LQDA traded about 2073790 shares per day. A total of 85.30M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 68.95M. Insiders hold about 19.34% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 60.93% stake in the company. Shares short for LQDA as of 1749772800 were 19503882 with a Short Ratio of 9.75, compared to 1747267200 on 13499336. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 19503882 and a Short% of Float of 28.410000000000004.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0