Vir Biotechnology Inc (NASDAQ:VIR)’s traded shares stood at 1.48 million during the last session, with the company’s beta value hitting 0.50. At the close of trading, the stock’s price was $8.01, to imply a decrease of -7.29% or -$0.63 in intraday trading. The VIR share’s 52-week high remains $13.09, putting it -63.42% down since that peak but still an impressive 11.11% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $7.12. The company has a valuation of $1.10B, with an average of 1.73 million shares in intraday trading volume over the past 10 days and average of 911.53K shares over the past 3 months.
Analysts have given a consensus recommendation of Buy for Vir Biotechnology Inc (VIR), translating to a mean rating of 1.78. Of 10 analyst(s) looking at the stock, 0 analyst(s) give VIR a Sell rating. 0 of those analysts rate the stock as Overweight while 3 advise Hold as 7 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 -0.86.
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Vir Biotechnology Inc (NASDAQ:VIR) trade information
After registering a -7.29% downside in the last session, Vir Biotechnology Inc (VIR) has traded red over the past five days. The 5-day price performance for the stock is -16.56%, and 3.76% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is -20.38%. Short interest in Vir Biotechnology Inc (NASDAQ:VIR) saw shorts transact 5.72 million shares and set a 7.28 days time to cover.
The extremes give us $15 and $35 for target low and target high price respectively. As such, VIR has been trading -336.95% off suggested target high and -87.27% from its likely low.
Vir Biotechnology Inc (VIR) estimates and forecasts
Looking at statistics comparing Vir Biotechnology Inc share performance against respective industry, we note that the company has underperformed competitors. Vir Biotechnology Inc (VIR) shares are -17.68% down over the last 6 months, with its year-to-date growth rate lower than industry average at 15.90% against 17.70%. Revenue is forecast to grow 0.10% this quarter before falling -58.33% for the next one. The rating firms project that company’s revenue will shrink -20.34% compared to the previous financial year.
Revenue forecast for the current quarter as set by 6 analysts is 8.14M. Meanwhile, for the current quarter, a total of 3 analyst(s) estimate revenue growth to 18.21M.Earnings reports from the last fiscal year show that sales brought in 16.79M and 56.38M respectively in the corresponding quarters. In this case, analysts estimate current quarter sales to fall -51.51% before dropping -67.69% in the following quarter.
An assessment of the company’s 5-year growth patterns shows that annual earnings shrunk an estimated -34.12% for the past 5-year period. While 2024 is set for a 16.32% return in earnings, projections for the next 5 years are at 7.00% annually.
VIR Dividends
Vir Biotechnology Inc has its next earnings report out on 2025-Feb-20. 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.
Vir Biotechnology Inc (NASDAQ:VIR)’s Major holders
Vir Biotechnology Inc insiders hold 11.85% of total outstanding shares, with institutional holders owning 74.57% of the shares at 84.59% float percentage. In total, 74.57% institutions holds shares in the company, led by SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (UK) LTD. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 16.68 million shares (or 12.3329% of shares), all amounting to roughly $148.49 million.
The next major institution holding the largest number of shares is BLACKROCK INC. with 16.43 million shares, or about 12.1482% of shares outstanding. As of the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were worth $146.26 million.
