Editas Medicine Inc (NASDAQ:EDIT) has a beta value of 1.94 and has seen 5.09 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $119.69M, closed the last trade at $1.45 per share which meant it gained $0.02 on the day or 1.40% during that session. The EDIT stock price is -698.62% off its 52-week high price of $11.58 and 20.0% above the 52-week low of $1.16. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 2.89 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 2.58 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Editas Medicine Inc (EDIT) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.68. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 3 out of 9 have rated it as a Hold, with 6 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.
Editas Medicine Inc (NASDAQ:EDIT) trade information
Sporting 1.40% 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 EDIT stock price touched $1.45 or saw a rise of 7.64%. Year-to-date, Editas Medicine Inc shares have moved 14.17%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 20.83%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Editas Medicine Inc (NASDAQ:EDIT) have changed -24.08%. Short interest in the company has seen 16.93 million shares shorted with days to cover at 5.91.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $10, which means that the shares’ value could jump 85.5% from current levels. The projected low price target is $5.0 while the price target rests at a high of $15.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -934.48% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -244.83% from current levels.
Editas Medicine Inc (EDIT) estimates and forecasts
Figures show that Editas Medicine Inc shares have underperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have lost -70.47% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -30.20%, compared to 16.90% 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 2.88% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest -31.04% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 1.70%.
EDIT Dividends
Editas Medicine 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.
Editas Medicine Inc (NASDAQ:EDIT)’s Major holders
Insiders own 0.32% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 70.94% with a share float percentage of 71.16%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Editas Medicine Inc having a total of 311.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 8.03 million shares worth more than $37.51 million. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 9.8032% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 7.78 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $36.34 million and represent 9.498% of shares outstanding.
