IVERIC bio Inc. (NASDAQ:ISEE)’s traded shares stood at 2.29 million during the last session, with the company’s beta value hitting 1.09. At the close of trading, the stock’s price was $24.09, to imply a decrease of -0.37% or -$0.09 in intraday trading. The ISEE share’s 52-week high remains $26.35, putting it -9.38% down since that peak but still an impressive 63.26% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $8.85. The company has a valuation of $3.49B, with an average of 2.23 million shares in intraday trading volume over the past 10 days and average of 2.44 million shares over the past 3 months.

Analysts have given a consensus recommendation of a Buy for IVERIC bio Inc. (ISEE), translating to a mean rating of 1.70. Of 11 analyst(s) looking at the stock, 0 analyst(s) give ISEE a Sell rating. 1 of those analysts rate the stock as Overweight while 2 advise Hold as 8 recommend it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) have given it an Underweight rating. Estimates put the company’s current-quarter earnings per share at -$0.38.

IVERIC bio Inc. (NASDAQ:ISEE) trade information

After registering a -0.37% downside in the last session, IVERIC bio Inc. (ISEE) has traded red over the past five days. The stock hit a weekly high of 24.63 this Thursday, 03/16/23, dropping -0.37% in its intraday price action. The 5-day price performance for the stock is 5.75%, and 16.32% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is 12.52%. Short interest in IVERIC bio Inc. (NASDAQ:ISEE) saw shorts transact 10.34 million shares and set a 6.03 days time to cover.

IVERIC bio Inc. (ISEE) estimates and forecasts

Looking at statistics comparing IVERIC bio Inc. share performance against respective industry, we note that the company has underperformed competitors. IVERIC bio Inc. (ISEE) shares are 30.64% up over the last 6 months, with its year-to-date growth rate lower than industry average at -9.80% against 9.40%. Revenue is forecast to shrink -31.00% this quarter before falling -34.50% for the next one.

ISEE Dividends

IVERIC bio Inc. has its next earnings report out between May 02 and May 08. However, it is important to take into account that this dividend yield ratio is just an indicator to only serve the purpose of guidance. Investors interested to invest in the stock should ponder company’s other fundamental and operations related aspects too. IVERIC bio Inc. has a forward dividend ratio of 0, with the share yield ticking at 0.00% to continue the rising pattern observed over the past year. The company’s average dividend yield trailing the past 5-year period is 0.00%.

IVERIC bio Inc. (NASDAQ:ISEE)’s Major holders

IVERIC bio Inc. insiders hold 0.37% of total outstanding shares, with institutional holders owning 97.27% of the shares at 97.63% float percentage. In total, 97.27% institutions holds shares in the company, led by Blackrock Inc. As of Sep 29, 2022, the company held over 8.13 million shares (or 6.73% of shares), all amounting to roughly $145.76 million.

The next major institution holding the largest number of shares is Deep Track Capital, LP with 7.0 million shares, or about 5.80% of shares outstanding. As of the market price on Sep 29, 2022, these shares were worth $125.58 million.

We also have SPDR (R) Ser Tr-SPDR (R) S&P (R) Biotech ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund as the top two Mutual Funds with the largest holdings of the IVERIC bio Inc. (ISEE) shares. Going by data provided on Dec 30, 2022, SPDR (R) Ser Tr-SPDR (R) S&P (R) Biotech ETF holds roughly 3.81 million shares. This is just over 3.16% of the total shares, with a market valuation of $81.63 million. Data from the same date shows that the other fund manager holds a little less at 3.48 million, or 2.88% of the shares, all valued at about 62.42 million.