Chimerix Inc (CMRX): What Makes The Stock Good?

Chimerix Inc (NASDAQ:CMRX) has a beta value of 0.38 and has seen 1.31 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $483.85M, closed the recent trade at $5.38 per share which meant it gained $0.55 on the day or 11.39% during that session. The CMRX stock price is 4.28% off its 52-week high price of $5.15 and 86.06% above the 52-week low of $0.75.

Chimerix Inc (NASDAQ:CMRX) trade information

Sporting 11.39% in the green today, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the CMRX stock price touched $5.38 or saw a fall of -0.56%. Year-to-date, Chimerix Inc shares have moved 54.60%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 23.39%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Chimerix Inc (NASDAQ:CMRX) have changed 51.55%.

Chimerix Inc (CMRX) estimates and forecasts

The company’s shares have gained 427.45% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 189.44%.

5 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 310.6k for the current quarter. 3 have an estimated revenue figure of 100k for the next ending quarter.

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 8.31% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest -6.55% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 11.98%.

CMRX Dividends

Chimerix Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in March this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.

Chimerix Inc (NASDAQ:CMRX)’s Major holders

The top two institutional holders are RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. with over 8.8 million shares worth more than $7.71 million. As of 2024-06-30, RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. held 9.818% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is MONACO ASSET MANAGEMENT SAM, with the holding of over 4.38 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $3.83 million and represent 4.8841% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund. As of Sep 30, 2024, the former fund manager holds about 3.23% shares in the company for having 2.9 shares of worth $15.89 million while later fund manager owns 1.31 shares of worth $7.16 million as of Sep 30, 2024, which makes it owner of about 1.46% of company’s outstanding stock.