Does Verve Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: VERV) Still Look Hot This Week?

Verve Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VERV) traded at $13.81 at close of the session on Friday, March 15, made an upward move of 1.54% on its previous day’s price.

Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $13.60 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 1.77 . In terms of its 52-week price range, VERV has a high of $21.42 and a low of $8.22. The company’s stock has gained about 8.31% over that past 30 days.

Verve Therapeutics Inc has a market cap of $1.08 billion. Estimates by analysts give the company expected earnings per share (EPS) of -$0.73, with the EPS growth for the year raised at -$2.98 for 2024 and -$3.22 for next year. These figures represent 4.50% and -8.10% growth in EPS for the two years respectively.

The median projection represents growth squeezing down to 80.20% compared to sales growth for the corresponding quarter a year ago. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for 2024 is expected to hit $14.46 million, or 23.00% up from figures reported last year.

There have been no upward and no downward revisions for the stock’s EPS in last 7 days, something that reflects the nature of company’s price movement in short term. On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the VERV stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 50% Buy, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 50% Buy. Long term indicators on average place the stock in the category of Hold.

Looking further, we note the current price level is -6.32% off its SMA20 and 4.17% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 47.31 while the volatility over the past week is 6.44% and jumps to 7.60% over the past one month. The beta value is 1.76, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 1.07.

Coming back to Verve Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VERV), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 1.09 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 1.38 million. Current shares outstanding are 81.97 million.

The insiders hold 30.24% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 70.24%. The data shows that short shares as of Feb 29, 2024, stood at 12.52 million at a short ratio of 10.8. This represents a 14.97% short interest in shares outstanding on Feb 29, 2024. Shares short rose in February from the previous month at 12.37 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock -0.93% down in year-to-date price movement.

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