Could Vir Biotechnology Inc (VIR)’s Current Volatility Hinder Its Future Potential?

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Vir Biotechnology Inc (NASDAQ:VIR) has a beta value of 0.47 and has seen 1.55 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $1.58B, closed the last trade at $9.37 per share which meant it gained $0.11 on the day or 1.19% during that session. The VIR stock price is -39.7% off its 52-week high price of $13.09 and 24.01% above the 52-week low of $7.12. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 1.61 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 881.46K shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Vir Biotechnology Inc (VIR) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.78. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 3 out of 10 have rated it as a Hold, with 7 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is -0.89.

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Vir Biotechnology Inc (NASDAQ:VIR) trade information

Sporting 1.19% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the VIR stock price touched $9.37 or saw a rise of 3.8%. Year-to-date, Vir Biotechnology Inc shares have moved -6.86%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 20.90%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Vir Biotechnology Inc (NASDAQ:VIR) have changed 21.06%. Short interest in the company has seen 5.55 million shares shorted with days to cover at 6.87.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $28.19, which means that the shares’ value could jump 66.76% from current levels. The projected low price target is $15.0 while the price target rests at a high of $35.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -273.53% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -60.09% from current levels.

Vir Biotechnology Inc (VIR) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Vir Biotechnology Inc shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have lost -8.32% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 28.98%, compared to 17.50% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -17.90%.

6 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 8.47M for the current quarter. 3 have an estimated revenue figure of 18.2M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 16.79M and 11.71M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -49.50% for the current quarter and -17.90% for the next.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -34.12% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest 16.32% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 7.00%.

VIR Dividends

Vir Biotechnology Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in December this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.

Vir Biotechnology Inc (NASDAQ:VIR)’s Major holders

Insiders own 11.94% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 75.42% with a share float percentage of 85.64%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Vir Biotechnology Inc having a total of 306.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD with over 16.68 million shares worth more than $148.49 million. As of 2024-06-30, SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD held 12.3329% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 16.43 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $146.26 million and represent 12.1482% of shares outstanding.