Nuvation Bio Inc (NYSE: NUVB) Could Be A Good Bet If You’re A Risk-Capital Investor

In the last trading session, 1.8 million shares of the Nuvation Bio Inc (NYSE:NUVB) were traded, and its beta was 1.44. Most recently the company’s share price was $2.28, and it changed around -$0.1 or -4.20% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $769.65M. NUVB currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $4.16, offering almost -82.46% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $1.64, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 28.07% since then. We note from Nuvation Bio Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 1.93 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 2.61 million.

Nuvation Bio Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.00. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 5 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 2 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 0 recommended NUVB as a Hold, whereas 3 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Nuvation Bio Inc is expected to report earnings per share of -0.1 for the current quarter.

Nuvation Bio Inc (NYSE:NUVB) trade information

Instantly NUVB has showed a red trend with a performance of -4.20% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 2.47 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 7.69%. The company’s shares are currently down -14.29% year-to-date, but still up 0.44% over the last five days. On the other hand, Nuvation Bio Inc (NYSE:NUVB) is -24.25% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 22.05 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 7.37 day(s).

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $7, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 67.43% from its current value. Analyst projections state that NUVB is forecast to be at a low of $7 and a high of $7.

Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 0.00%.

Nuvation Bio Inc earnings are expected to increase by -504.76% in 2025, but the outlook is negative -13.00% per year for the next five years.

NUVB Dividends

Nuvation Bio Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in March.

Nuvation Bio Inc (NYSE:NUVB)’s Major holders

Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 26.85% of Nuvation Bio Inc shares, and 56.78% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 77.61%. Nuvation Bio Inc stock is held by 211.0 institutions, with FMR LLC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 13.1578% of the shares, which is about 28.82 million shares worth $84.16 million.

ECOR1 CAPITAL, LLC, with 8.7696% or 19.21 million shares worth $56.09 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.