Cassava Sciences Inc (SAVA): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

Cassava Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:SAVA) currently has a daily average trading volume of 5.17M but it saw 4736965 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 124.61M USD, the company’s current market price of $2.59 came rising about 10.68 while comparing to the previous closing price of $2.34. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $42.20 and as low as $2.23. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $2.28 while lowest mark touched by it was $2.6.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Cassava Sciences Inc (SAVA) gives us an average price of $2.88, while its current price level is -93.86% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 16.14% 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 $16.51 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $20.84. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 10.66% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 9.75%. 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 24.86 which implies that the stock is in oversold territory.

H.C. Wainwright upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Neutral” on October 08, 2024 while assigning a price target of $116.

Over the week, SAVA’s stock price is moving 7.47% up while it is -39.70% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -88.49% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -88.91%.

Currently, Cassava Sciences Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 47.98M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -10.60% and return on equity (ROE) at -10.98%. Stock’s beta reads -1.07. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.75. Its return on asset (ROA) is -8.91% on average.