In the last trading session, 1.1 million shares of the Pyxis Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:PYXS) were traded, and its beta was 1.07. Most recently the company’s share price was $1.27, and it changed around -$0.06 or -4.51% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $75.52M. PYXS currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $6.85, offering almost -439.37% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $1.30, which indicates that the current value has fallen by an impressive -2.36% since then. We note from Pyxis Oncology Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 0.48 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 1.31 million.
Pyxis Oncology Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.25. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 8 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 2 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 1 recommended PYXS as a Hold, whereas 5 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Pyxis Oncology Inc is expected to report earnings per share of -0.33 for the current quarter.
Pyxis Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:PYXS) trade information
Instantly PYXS has showed a red trend with a performance of -4.51% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 1.5600 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 18.59%. The company’s shares are currently down -18.59% year-to-date, but still down -15.89% over the last five days. On the other hand, Pyxis Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:PYXS) is -18.06% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 7.0 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 11.41 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 81.86% from its current value. Analyst projections state that PYXS is forecast to be at a low of $7 and a high of $7.
Pyxis Oncology Inc (PYXS) estimates and forecasts
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a negative earnings growth rate of -118.72%. Pyxis Oncology Inc earnings are expected to increase by 40.99% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 12.25% per year for the next five years.
Pyxis Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:PYXS)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 24.57% of Pyxis Oncology Inc shares, and 57.43% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 76.14%. Pyxis Oncology Inc stock is held by 130.0 institutions, with DEEP TRACK CAPITAL, LP being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 8.1578% of the shares, which is about 4.18 million shares worth $13.85 million.
LAURION CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP, with 7.5282% or 3.86 million shares worth $12.78 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
