Why Acquire Shares Of FibroGen Inc (FGEN)?

FibroGen Inc (NASDAQ:FGEN) has a beta value of 0.71 and has seen 1.16 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $30.82M, closed the last trade at $0.31 per share which meant it lost -$0.02 on the day or -5.65% during that session. The FGEN stock price is -845.16% off its 52-week high price of $2.93 and 6.45% above the 52-week low of $0.29. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 1.4 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 1.23 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that FibroGen Inc (FGEN) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 4.00. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 0 out of 2 have rated it as a Hold, with 2 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is -0.3.

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FibroGen Inc (NASDAQ:FGEN) trade information

Sporting -5.65% in the red 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 FGEN stock price touched $0.31 or saw a rise of 7.52%. Year-to-date, FibroGen Inc shares have moved -65.36%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 0.26%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of FibroGen Inc (NASDAQ:FGEN) have changed -10.39%. Short interest in the company has seen 4.03 million shares shorted with days to cover at 4.28.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $28, which means that the shares’ value could jump 98.89% from current levels. The projected low price target is $28.0 while the price target rests at a high of $28.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -8932.26% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -8932.26% from current levels.

FibroGen Inc (FGEN) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that FibroGen Inc shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have lost -77.59% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 65.92%, compared to 18.60% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 18.10%.

2 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 34.76M for the current quarter. 2 have an estimated revenue figure of 33.21M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 40.13M and 27.14M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -13.40% for the current quarter and 18.10% 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 -23.23% over the past 5 years.

FGEN Dividends

FibroGen 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.

FibroGen Inc (NASDAQ:FGEN)’s Major holders

Insiders own 0.85% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 57.33% with a share float percentage of 57.82%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with FibroGen Inc having a total of 120.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ with over 13.66 million shares worth more than $12.19 million. As of 2024-06-30, PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ held 13.7964% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is ARMISTICE CAPITAL, LLC, with the holding of over 8.94 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $7.97 million and represent 9.0279% of shares outstanding.