PDS Biotechnology Corporation (NASDAQ: PDSB) Drops -43.28% Over A Month, But Analysts Still See Upside Potential

PDS Biotechnology Corporation (NASDAQ:PDSB) currently has a daily average trading volume of 902.31K but it saw 1421484 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 120.68M USD, the company’s current market price of $3.29 came falling about -10.60 while comparing to the previous closing price of $3.68. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $10.27 and as low as $3.61.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of PDS Biotechnology Corporation (PDSB) gives us an average price of $4.54, while its current price level is -67.96% below from 52-week high level whereas it is -8.86% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $5.16 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $5.18. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 10.62% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 9.30%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 26.88 which implies that the stock is in oversold territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the B. Riley Securities which initiated the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on November 01, 2022, recommending a price target of $10 for it. H.C. Wainwright issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock is $6.

Over the week, PDSB’s stock price is moving -14.55% down while it is -43.28% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -33.80% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -45.71%.

The latest quarterly earnings report issued by the company was for quarter ended 12/30/2023, when its quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of -$0.35 beat the consensus estimate of -$0.44 for the same. For PDSB, analysts are forecasting an EPS-growth rate of -6.50% for current year and estimate for EPS growth in next year is -8.80%.

Currently, PDS Biotechnology Corporation’s total number of outstanding shares is 36.68M with 4.33% of that held by the insiders while 27.03% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -93.84% and return on equity (ROE) at -122.46%. Stock’s beta reads 1.72. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 4.17. Its return on asset (ROA) is -62.97% on average.