Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:BCRX) does about 3.34M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 1603502 shares change hands in Monday trading. The company now has a market cap of 950.35M USD. Its current market price is $4.61, marking an increase of 0.22% compared to the previous close of $4.60. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $9.06 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $4.45.
Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. (BCRX) has a 20-day trading average at $5.02 and the current price is -49.15% off the 52-week high compared with 3.60% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $5.33 and its 200-day simple moving average is $6.19. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 4.82%, which increases to 5.50% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 35.75 to suggest the stock is neutral.
The consensus objective for the share price is $13.82, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 66.64% over the period.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on November 20, 2023 when JP Morgan resumed the stock to “Overweight” and issued a price target of $10. RBC Capital Mkts upgraded the stock to “Outperform” from Sector Perform on September 18, 2023 at a price target of $9-$10. Jefferies upgraded its price target at $11.
Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. (BCRX) stock is down -8.71% over the week and -11.00% over the past month. Its price is -23.04% year-to-date and -45.96% over the past year.
The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 12/30/2023, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of -$0.31 below consensus estimates by -$0.07. BCRX’s earnings per share are forecast to grow by 48.30% this year and 44.30% over next year. Expected sales for next quarter are $98.6 million, which analysts say will come at $395.69 million for the current fiscal year and next year at $475.7 million. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $86.29 million.
To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 66.64 percent from here.
Outstanding shares total 205.77M with insiders holding 1.22% of the shares and institutional holders owning 88.11% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of -61.73%. The beta has a value of 1.94. Price to sales ratio is 2.87.
