How Worried Should Investors Be About Atyr Pharma Inc (ATYR)

Atyr Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:ATYR) does about 1.07M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 853642 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 276.17M USD. Its current market price is $3.29, marking no change compared to the previous close of $3.29. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $4.22 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $1.39.

Atyr Pharma Inc (ATYR) has a 20-day trading average at $3.49 and the current price is -22.13% off the 52-week high compared with 135.84% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $3.33 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 7.22%, which decreases to 7.18% 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 44.22 to suggest the stock is neutral.

The consensus objective for the share price is $20.00, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 83.55% over the period.

Jefferies initiated its price target at $9.

The current price level is -5.81%, -1.19%, and 45.78% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the ATYR price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. Atyr Pharma Inc (ATYR) stock is down -17.13% over the week and 3.79% over the past month. Its price is -9.12% year-to-date and 110.90% over the past year.

The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at -0.23 and -0.92 for whole year.

To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 83.55 percent from here.

Outstanding shares total 83.94M with insiders holding 2.16% of the shares and institutional holders owning 63.15% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of -82.15% and return on equity of -77.96%. The beta has a value of 1.11. Price to book ratio is 3.82 and price to sales ratio is 1200.74.