Viracta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VIRX) has a beta value of 0.70 and has seen 2.91 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $10.65M, closed the last trade at $0.21 per share which meant it lost -$0.01 on the day or -4.62% during that session. The VIRX stock price is -523.81% off its 52-week high price of $1.31 and 38.1% above the 52-week low of $0.13. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 3.05 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 2.63 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Viracta Therapeutics Inc (VIRX) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 3.00. 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.
Viracta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VIRX) trade information
Sporting -4.62% 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 VIRX stock price touched $0.21 or saw a rise of 12.1%. Year-to-date, Viracta Therapeutics Inc shares have moved 32.19%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 32.94%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Viracta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VIRX) have changed 16.68%. Short interest in the company has seen 2.69 million shares shorted with days to cover at 1.85.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $8, which means that the shares’ value could jump 97.38% from current levels. The projected low price target is $8.0 while the price target rests at a high of $8.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -3709.52% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -3709.52% from current levels.
Viracta Therapeutics Inc (VIRX) estimates and forecasts
Figures show that Viracta Therapeutics Inc shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have lost -55.50% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 39.39%, compared to 16.60% for the industry.
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 44.96% over the past 5 years.
VIRX Dividends
Viracta Therapeutics Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in February this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Viracta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VIRX)’s Major holders
Insiders own 2.84% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 50.06% with a share float percentage of 51.52%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Viracta Therapeutics Inc having a total of 49.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are BVF INC/IL with over 3.61 million shares worth more than $1.97 million. As of 2024-06-30, BVF INC/IL held 9.192% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is CITADEL ADVISORS LLC, with the holding of over 1.52 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $0.83 million and represent 3.8659% of shares outstanding.
