Can Verve Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: VERV) Still Be Considered A Loss When It’s Down -66.50% YTD?

During the last session, Verve Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VERV)’s traded shares were 0.86 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.81. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $4.67, reflecting an intraday gain of 1.52% or $0.07. The 52-week high for the VERV share is $20.12, that puts it down -330.84 from that peak though still a striking 7.92% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $4.30. The company’s market capitalization is $395.18M, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 1.1 million shares, and the average trade volume was 1.37 million shares over the past three months.

Verve Therapeutics Inc (VERV) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 1.20. VERV has a Sell rating from 1 analyst(s) out of 8 analysts who have looked at this stock. 2 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 5 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be -0.7.

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Verve Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VERV) trade information

Verve Therapeutics Inc (VERV) registered a 1.52% upside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock spiked 1.52% in intraday trading to $4.67, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -6.60%, and it has moved by -17.35% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is -61.94%. The short interest in Verve Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VERV) is 16.9 million shares and it means that shorts have 12.09 day(s) to cover.

The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $21.5, which implies an increase of 78.28% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $13 and $30 respectively. As a result, VERV is trading at a discount of -542.4% off the target high and -178.37% off the low.

Verve Therapeutics Inc (VERV) estimates and forecasts

Statistics show that Verve Therapeutics Inc has underperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. Verve Therapeutics Inc (VERV) shares have gone down -38.55% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate less than the industry average at 15.06% against 19.50. Yet analysts are ramping up their growth forecast for the fiscal year 2024. Revenue is predicted to grow 2.80% this quarter and then drop -4.30% in the quarter after that. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 54.00% compared to the previous financial year.

As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 2.81M as predicted by 10 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 9 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 3.4M by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 3.12M and 5.14M respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to shrink by -9.80% and then drop by -33.90% in the coming quarter.

An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings shrunk an estimated -67.06%. While earnings are projected to return 17.45% in 2024.

VERV Dividends

Verve Therapeutics Inc is due to release its next quarterly earnings on 2024-Aug-08. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance.

Verve Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VERV)’s Major holders

Verve Therapeutics Inc insiders own 1.78% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 91.55%, with the float percentage being 93.21%. ALPHABET INC. is the largest shareholder of the company, while 239.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 12.35 million shares (or 14.8546% of all shares), a total value of $60.26 million in shares.

The next largest institutional holding, with 6.62 million shares, is of BLACKROCK INC.’s that is approximately 7.9632% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $32.31 million.