Iterum Therapeutics Plc (ITRM): Are Investors Missing The Big Picture?

Iterum Therapeutics Plc (NASDAQ:ITRM) does about 1.95M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 13267633 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 32.48M USD. Its current market price is $1.43, marking a decrease of -23.94% compared to the previous close of $1.88. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $2.50 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $0.64.

Iterum Therapeutics Plc (ITRM) has a 20-day trading average at $1.0968 and the current price is -42.80% off the 52-week high compared with 122.74% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $1.1147 and its 200-day simple moving average is $1.3648. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 34.69%, which decreases to 14.25% 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 59.63 to suggest the stock is neutral.

The consensus objective for the share price is $7.50, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 80.93% over the period.

FactSet Research has provided data showing that 1 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 1 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.

H.C. Wainwright also upgraded the stock to “Buy” from Neutral on March 15, 2021 at a price target of $2.50. RBC Capital Mkts downgraded its price target at $7-$2.

The current price level is 30.37%, 28.28%, and 4.78% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the ITRM price moving below the 50-day SMA on current market day. Iterum Therapeutics Plc (ITRM) stock is up 27.68% over the week and 35.55% over the past month. Its price is -27.41% year-to-date and 119.97% over the past year.

To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 80.93 percent from here.

The company has a return on equity of -555.68%. The beta has a value of 2.26.