Checkpoint Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CKPT) does about 676.27K shares in volume on a normal day but saw 2316968 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 196.79M USD. Its current market price is $4.03, marking an increase of 7.47% compared to the previous close of $3.75. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $3.97 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $1.36.
Checkpoint Therapeutics Inc (CKPT) has a 20-day trading average at $3.51 and the current price is 1.51% off the 52-week high compared with 196.32% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $2.98 and its 200-day simple moving average is $2.26. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 8.53%, which increases to 9.16% 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 67.52 to suggest the stock is neutral.
The consensus objective for the share price is $23.50, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 82.85% over the period.
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 July 14, 2022 when B. Riley Securities resumed the stock to “Buy” and issued a price target of $7. Cantor Fitzgerald initiated its price target at $16.
The current price level is 14.85%, 35.38%, and 78.30% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the CKPT price moving below the 50-day SMA on current market day. Checkpoint Therapeutics Inc (CKPT) stock is up 22.12% over the week and 9.81% over the past month. Its price is 75.98% year-to-date and 84.02% over the past year.
The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 9/30/2024, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of -1.1 below consensus estimates by -0.53. The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at 0 and 0 for whole year. Expected sales for next quarter are $4.53M, which analysts say will come at $24k for the current fiscal year and next year at $51.91M. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $10.33k.
To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 82.85 percent from here.
Outstanding shares total 48.83M with insiders holding 15.52% of the shares and institutional holders owning 13.91% of the company’s common stock. The forward price to earnings ratio is 28.79. The beta has a value of 1.29. Price to sales ratio is 3935.80.
