Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (SGMO): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SGMO) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.38M but it saw 1152842 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 105.09M USD, the company’s current market price of $0.52 came falling about -4.80 while comparing to the previous closing price of $0.54. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $1.80 and as low as $0.29.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (SGMO) gives us an average price of $0.6159, while its current price level is -71.41% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 77.26% 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 $0.7987 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $0.7400. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 8.15% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 11.80%. 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 36.70 which implies that the stock is in neutral 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 RBC Capital Mkts which downgraded the stock as “Sector Perform” in its note to investors issued on November 03, 2023, recommending a price target of between $6 and $2 for it. BofA Securities downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Underperform” from “Neutral” on April 28, 2023 while assigning a price target range of $5-$1.50. Wedbush issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock is $16.

Over the week, SGMO’s stock price is moving -1.53% down while it is -39.37% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -5.02% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -70.34%.

Currently, Sangamo Therapeutics Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 203.67M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -221.50% and return on equity (ROE) at -136.48%. Stock’s beta reads 1.38. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.11 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.60. Its return on asset (ROA) is -70.85% on average.