Atara Biotherapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ATRA) Stock Dropped -27.89% Over A Month – Is There Any Hope Of A Gain?

During the last session, Atara Biotherapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ATRA)’s traded shares were 0.72 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 0.41. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $8.22, reflecting an intraday gain of 18.61% or $1.29. The 52-week high for the ATRA share is $39.50, that puts it down -380.54 from that peak though still a striking 34.31% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $5.40. The company’s market capitalization is $47.35M, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 0.61 million shares, and the average trade volume was 199.53K shares over the past three months.

Atara Biotherapeutics Inc (ATRA) received a consensus recommendation of Sell from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 1.86. ATRA has a Sell rating from 1 analyst(s) out of 1 analysts who have looked at this stock. 0 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 0 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be -3.34.

Atara Biotherapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ATRA) trade information

Atara Biotherapeutics Inc (ATRA) registered a 18.61% upside in the last session and has traded in the green over the past 5 sessions. The stock spiked 18.61% in intraday trading to $8.22, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is 4.98%, and it has moved by -27.89% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is -45.29%. The short interest in Atara Biotherapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ATRA) is 0.64 million shares and it means that shorts have 7.11 day(s) to cover.

The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $14, which implies an increase of 41.29% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $10 and $18 respectively. As a result, ATRA is trading at a discount of -118.98% off the target high and -21.65% off the low.

Atara Biotherapeutics Inc (ATRA) estimates and forecasts

Statistics show that Atara Biotherapeutics Inc has outperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. Atara Biotherapeutics Inc (ATRA) shares have gone down -18.13% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate more than the industry average at 84.08% against 16.50. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 1,219.87% compared to the previous financial year.

As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 17.07M as predicted by 6 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 3 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 5.07M by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 4.25M and 27.36M respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to grow by 301.34% and then drop by -81.48% in the coming quarter.

An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings grew an estimated 13.12%. While earnings are projected to return 85.45% in 2025.

ATRA Dividends

Atara Biotherapeutics Inc is due to release its next quarterly earnings in February. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance.

Atara Biotherapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ATRA)’s Major holders

Atara Biotherapeutics Inc insiders own 22.15% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 50.82%, with the float percentage being 65.29%. BOXER CAPITAL, LLC is the largest shareholder of the company, while 67.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 0.17 million shares (or 0.1181% of all shares), a total value of $1.41 million in shares.

The next largest institutional holding, with 11000.0 shares, is of LAKE STREET ADVISORS GROUP, LLC’s that is approximately 0.0078% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $93500.0.

Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Atara Biotherapeutics Inc (ATRA) shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund . Data provided on Sep 30, 2024 indicates that Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund owns about 120.26 shares. This amounts to just over 2.09 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $0.99 million market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 54.47, or about 0.95% of the stock, which is worth about $0.45 million.