Viridian Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: VRDN): A Blank Check?

Viridian Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VRDN) shares, rose in value on Thursday, May 08, with the stock price up by 3.99% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $12.78.

Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $12.29. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $27.20, and the low was $9.90. On the whole, VRDN has fluctuated by 15.97% over the past month.

With the market capitalization of Viridian Therapeutics Inc currently standing at about $1.04 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in June.

Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that VRDN’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Sell.

The stock’s technical analysis shows that the price of VRDN currently trading nearly -1.92% and -8.36% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 45.26, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 7.40% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 7.66%. Furthermore, Viridian Therapeutics Inc (VRDN)’s beta value is 0.47, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.91.

A comparison of Viridian Therapeutics Inc (VRDN) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. VRDN showed an intraday change of 3.99% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -18.02%%.

Data on historical trading for Viridian Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VRDN) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 922.49K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 81.59 million shares outstanding.

Nearly 9.79% of Viridian Therapeutics Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 104.98% of the company’s shares. The stock has fallen by -33.33% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the VRDN stock heading into the next quarter.

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