Should Investors Trust The Upside Potential In Scilex Holding Company (SCLX)?

Scilex Holding Company (NASDAQ:SCLX) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.51M but it saw 5144368 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 187.19M USD, the company’s current market price of $0.98 came falling about -8.79 while comparing to the previous closing price of $1.07. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $2.63 and as low as $0.73. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $0.8902 while lowest mark touched by it was $1.12.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Scilex Holding Company (SCLX) gives us an average price of $0.9351, while its current price level is -62.89% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 33.41% 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 $0.9601 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $1.3067. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 12.42% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 11.75%. 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 51.45 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 Alliance Global Partners which initiated the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on October 16, 2024, recommending a price target of $14 for it. B. Riley Securities also issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $4.

Over the week, SCLX’s stock price is moving 1.63% up while it is 19.32% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -52.16% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -34.05%.

Currently, Scilex Holding Company’s total number of outstanding shares is 191.79M. Stock’s beta reads 1.18. Stock has a price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.68. Its return on asset (ROA) is -102.93% on average.