Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:VRCA) does about 902.75K shares in volume on a normal day but saw 1726341 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 55.90M USD. Its current market price is $1.31, marking a decrease of -9.66% compared to the previous close of $1.45. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $11.41 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $1.04. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $14 and a low of $10.
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRCA) has a 20-day trading average at $1.7095 and the current price is -88.52% off the 52-week high compared with 25.91% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $3.0810 and its 200-day simple moving average is $5.8339. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 24.07%, which decreases to 11.48% 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 29.21 to suggest the stock is oversold.
4 analysts observing the Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRCA) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $10 and $14. The consensus objective for the share price is $14.00, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 90.64% over the period. The median price target is 89.08% away from the current levels at $12.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 4 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 4 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 July 25, 2023 when Needham upgraded the stock to “Buy” and issued a price target of $10. RBC Capital Mkts upgraded its price target at $4-$11.
The current price level is -24.69%, -59.06%, and -77.63% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the VRCA price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRCA) stock is down -22.49% over the week and -37.02% over the past month. Its price is -82.10% year-to-date and -65.89% over the past year.
Its 12-month price target is $12. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 90.64 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 $10, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $14.
Outstanding shares total 42.41M with insiders holding 34.26% of the shares and institutional holders owning 43.81% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of -272.01% and return on equity of -412.98%. The beta has a value of 1.45. Price to sales ratio is 4.02.
