With 79.28M Outstanding Shares, Can Avidity Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ: RNA) Deliver Big Short-Term Gains?

Avidity Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:RNA) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.15M but it saw 1166993 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 2.06B USD, the company’s current market price of $25.80 came rising about 6.92 while comparing to the previous closing price of $24.13. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $27.66 and as low as $4.82.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Avidity Biosciences Inc (RNA) gives us an average price of $24.42, while its current price level is -6.72% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 434.72% 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 $22.57 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $11.89. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 6.97% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 6.90%. 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 59.94 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 Cantor Fitzgerald which initiated the stock as “Overweight” in its note to investors issued on March 14, 2024, recommending a price target of $60 for it. Evercore ISI upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Outperform” from “In-line” on May 22, 2023 while assigning a price target of $20. Evercore ISI issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock is $20.

Over the week, RNA’s stock price is moving 2.83% up while it is -3.98% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 185.08% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 109.59%.

Currently, Avidity Biosciences Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 79.28M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -41.86% and return on equity (ROE) at -39.34%. Stock’s beta reads 0.79. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 4.08 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 215.14. Its return on asset (ROA) is -33.49% on average.