Ventyx Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ: VTYX) Increases 20.93% Over A Month, But Analysts Still See Upside Potential

Ventyx Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:VTYX) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.31M but it saw 1037280 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 183.85M USD, the company’s current market price of $2.60 came rising about 6.12 while comparing to the previous closing price of $2.45. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $11.48 and as low as $1.67. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $2.3809 while lowest mark touched by it was $2.61.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Ventyx Biosciences Inc (VTYX) gives us an average price of $2.16, while its current price level is -77.35% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 55.69% 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 $2.21 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $3.55. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 9.37% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 8.06%. 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 63.11 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 Wells Fargo which upgraded the stock as “Overweight” in its note to investors issued on March 12, 2024, recommending a price target of between $7 and $16 for it. Oppenheimer upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Outperform” from “Perform” on March 12, 2024 while assigning a price target of $12. Wells Fargo issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $77 and $8.

Over the week, VTYX’s stock price is moving 2.36% up while it is 20.93% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 5.26% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 18.72%.

Currently, Ventyx Biosciences Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 70.67M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -52.81% and return on equity (ROE) at -54.24%. Stock’s beta reads 0.48. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.66. Its return on asset (ROA) is -48.98% on average.