Chimerix Inc (NASDAQ:CMRX) price is hovering higher on current market day and jumping 0.06% above its previous close.
A look at today’s price movement shows that the recent level at last check reads $8.47, with intraday deals fluctuating between $8.47 and $8.48. The company’s 5Y monthly beta was ticking 0.324. Taking into account the 52-week price action we note that the stock hit a 52-week high of $8.48 and 52-week low of $0.75. The stock added 93.49% on its value in the past month.
Chimerix Inc, which has a market valuation of $788.58 million, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-Mar-11.
The average estimate suggests sales growth for the quarter will likely rise by 7,665.00% when compared to those recorded in the same quarter in the last financial year. Staying with the analyst view, there is a consensus estimate of 937.8k for the company’s annual revenue in current year. Per this projection, the revenue is forecast to grow 189.44% above that which the company brought in the current year earning report.
Technical indicators in stocks provide crucial insights into market trends, guiding investors with precise entry and exit points based on price movements for informed decision-making.On the technical perspective front, indicators give CMRX a short term outlook of 100% Buy on average. Looking at the stock’s medium term indicators we note that it is averaging as a 100% Buy, while an average of long term indicators are currently assigning the stock as 100% Buy.
The overview shows that CMRX’s price is at present 26.51% off the SMA20 and 68.70% from the SMA50. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) metric on the 14-day timeframe is pointing at 84.35, with weekly volatility standing at 0.31%. The indicator jumps to 5.08% when calculated based on the past 30 days. Chimerix Inc (NASDAQ:CMRX)’s beta value is holding at -0.13, while the average true range (ATR) indicator is currently reading 0.32. Considering analysts have assigned the stock a price target range of $8.55-$8.55 as the low and high respectively, we find the trailing 12-month average consensus price target to be $8.55. Based on this estimate, we see that today’s price at last check is roughly -0.83% off the estimated low and -0.83% off the forecast high. Investors will no doubt be excited to see the share price fall to $8.55, which is the median consensus price, and at that level CMRX would be -0.83% from recent price.
An analysis of the Chimerix Inc (NASDAQ:CMRX) stock in terms of its daily trading volume indicates that the 3-month average is 4.05 million. However, this figure increases on the past 10-day timeline to an average of 15.38 million.
Current records show that the company has 89.94M in outstanding shares. The insiders’ percentage holdings are 15.43% of outstanding shares while the percentage share held by institutions stands at 44.72%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2025-02-28, stood at 4.73 million shares, which puts the short ratio at the time at 2.65. From this we can glean that short interest is 556.00 of company’s current outstanding shares. Notably, we see that shares short in February rose slightly given the previous month’s figure stood at 3.57 million. But the 143.53% upside, the stock’s price has registered year-to-date as of today’s value, will likely reignite investor interest given the prospect of it rallying even higher.
