Are Analysts Too Bullish On Cassava Sciences Inc (SAVA)

Cassava Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:SAVA) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.44M but it saw 1318415 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 1.46B USD, the company’s current market price of $30.36 came rising about 0.13 while comparing to the previous closing price of $30.32. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $42.20 and as low as $8.79. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $29.67 while lowest mark touched by it was $31.8.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Cassava Sciences Inc (SAVA) gives us an average price of $28.76, while its current price level is -28.06% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 245.39% 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 $23.80 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $22.41. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 9.30% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 7.92%. 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 59.22 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

B. Riley Securities downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Neutral” from “Buy” on November 16, 2022 while assigning a price target of $44. Cantor Fitzgerald also issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock is $100.

Over the week, SAVA’s stock price is moving 7.47% up while it is 1.67% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 34.87% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 66.81%.

Currently, Cassava Sciences Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 47.98M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -8.13% and return on equity (ROE) at -8.35%. Stock’s beta reads -0.61. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 7.71. Its return on asset (ROA) is -6.97% on average.