Now Is The Time To Build A Position In Veru Inc (NASDAQ:VERU)

Veru Inc (NASDAQ:VERU)’s traded shares stood at 2.87 million during the last session, with the company’s beta value hitting -0.23. At the close of trading, the stock’s price was $0.65, to imply an increase of 6.02% or $0.04 in intraday trading. The VERU share’s 52-week high remains $1.52, putting it -133.85% down since that peak but still an impressive 44.62% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $0.36. The company has a valuation of $94.65M, with an average of 0.96 million shares in intraday trading volume over the past 10 days and average of 1.76 million shares over the past 3 months.

Veru Inc (NASDAQ:VERU) trade information

After registering a 6.02% upside in the last session, Veru Inc (VERU) has traded red over the past five days. The stock hit a weekly high of 0.6467, jumping 6.02% in its intraday price action. The 5-day price performance for the stock is 9.59%, and 0.06% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is -10.19%. Short interest in Veru Inc (NASDAQ:VERU) saw shorts transact 9.59 million shares and set a 4.43 days time to cover.

Veru Inc (VERU) estimates and forecasts

Looking at statistics comparing Veru Inc share performance against respective industry, we note that the company has outperformed competitors. Veru Inc (VERU) shares are -19.17% down over the last 6 months, with its year-to-date growth rate higher than industry average at 61.61% against 17.10%. Revenue is forecast to grow 76.10% this quarter before jumping 79.20% for the next one. The rating firms project that company’s revenue will grow 33.20% compared to the previous financial year.

Revenue forecast for the current quarter as set by 2 analysts is $4.3 million. Meanwhile, for the quarter ending Mar 2024, a total of 2 analyst(s) estimate revenue growth to $5.5 million.

VERU Dividends

Veru Inc has its next earnings report out between May 09 and May 13. 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. Veru 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%.

Veru Inc (NASDAQ:VERU)’s Major holders

Veru Inc insiders hold 14.11% of total outstanding shares, with institutional holders owning 40.80% of the shares at 47.50% float percentage. In total, 40.80% institutions holds shares in the company, led by Morgan Stanley. As of Jun 29, 2023, the company held over 5.17 million shares (or 5.73% of shares), all amounting to roughly $6.15 million.

The next major institution holding the largest number of shares is Vanguard Group Inc with 3.53 million shares, or about 3.91% of shares outstanding. As of the market price on Jun 29, 2023, these shares were worth $4.2 million.

We also have Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund as the top two Mutual Funds with the largest holdings of the Veru Inc (VERU) shares. Going by data provided on Jun 29, 2023, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund holds roughly 1.92 million shares. This is just over 2.13% of the total shares, with a market valuation of $2.29 million. Data from the same date shows that the other fund manager holds a little less at 0.82 million, or 0.91% of the shares, all valued at about 0.81 million.