The trading price of Nextcure Inc (NASDAQ:NXTC) closed higher on Thursday, March 29, closing at $2.23, 15.25% higher than its previous close.
In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $2.09 and a 52-week low of $0.98. Over the past month, the stock has gained 39.37% in value.
Nextcure Inc, whose market valuation is $62.22 million at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report Mar 05, 2024 – Mar 20, 2024. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by -$0.46 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of -$1.67 for 2024 and -$1.68 for 2025. It means analysts are expecting annual earnings per share growth of 25.80% this year and -0.60% next year.
A company’s earnings reviews provide a brief indication of a stock’s direction in the short term, where in the case of Nextcure Inc 1 upward and no downward comments were posted in the last 7 days. On the technical side, indicators suggest NXTC has a 100% Buy on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 100% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 50% Buy.
A quick review shows that NXTC’s price is currently 32.64% off the SMA20 and 51.44% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 74.81, and weekly volatility stands at 14.47%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 12.07%. Nextcure Inc (NASDAQ:NXTC)’s beta value is currently sitting at 0.37, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.19.
To see how Nextcure Inc stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: NXTC stock’s performance was 15.25% in the latest trading, and 45.75% in the past year.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Nextcure Inc (NASDAQ:NXTC) indicates that the 3-month average is 235.99K. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 0.77 million.
Currently, records show that 27.90 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 24.39% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 29.14%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of Mar 15, 2024, stood at 0.84 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 2.62 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 3.01% of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in March were up slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 0.12 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 95.61% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
