Wave Life Sciences Ltd. (NASDAQ:WVE) does about 887.34K shares in volume on a normal day but saw 587414 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 734.72M USD. Its current market price is $5.89, marking an increase of 1.03% compared to the previous close of $5.83. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $7.67 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $3.50. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $17 and a low of $11.
Wave Life Sciences Ltd. (WVE) has a 20-day trading average at $5.97 and the current price is -23.21% off the 52-week high compared with 68.29% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $5.76 and its 200-day simple moving average is $5.42. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 4.22%, which increases to 6.02% 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 51.37 to suggest the stock is neutral.
3 analysts observing the Wave Life Sciences Ltd. (WVE) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $11 and $17. The consensus objective for the share price is $13.25, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 55.55% over the period. The median price target is 57.93% away from the current levels at $14.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 3 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 3 analysts have rated it as a buy and 0 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Buy and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Strong Buy the stock.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on May 15, 2024 when Wells Fargo initiated the stock to “Overweight” and issued a price target of $11. Leerink Partners upgraded the stock to “Outperform” from Market Perform on December 19, 2023 at a price target of $5-$12. Raymond James initiated its price target at $7.
The current price level is -1.71%, 2.21%, and 8.79% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the WVE price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. Wave Life Sciences Ltd. (WVE) stock is up 5.75% over the week and -4.62% over the past month. Its price is 16.63% year-to-date and 37.62% over the past year.
The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at -0.29 and -1.06 for whole year. Expected sales for next quarter are $20.35M, which analysts say will come at $72.71M for the current fiscal year and next year at $56.84M. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $20.21M.
Its 12-month price target is $14. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 55.55 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $11, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $17.
Outstanding shares total 119.16M with insiders holding 16.29% of the shares and institutional holders owning 75.55% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of -282.45% and return on equity of -1928.16%. The beta has a value of -1.13. Price to sales ratio is 6.65.
