Veru Inc (NASDAQ:VERU) has a beta value of -0.47 and has seen 3.28 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $80.64M, closed the last trade at $0.55 per share which meant it gained $0.01 on the day or 1.77% during that session. The VERU stock price is -249.09% off its 52-week high price of $1.92 and 27.27% above the 52-week low of $0.40.
The consensus among analysts is that Veru Inc (VERU) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.60. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 2 out of 7 have rated it as a Hold, with 5 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is -0.05.
Veru Inc (NASDAQ:VERU) trade information
Sporting 1.77% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the VERU stock price touched $0.55 or saw a rise of 7.5%. Year-to-date, Veru Inc shares have moved -15.31%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -3.87%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Veru Inc (NASDAQ:VERU) have changed -34.70%.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $4, which means that the shares’ value could jump 86.25% from current levels. The projected low price target is $3.0 while the price target rests at a high of $5.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -809.09% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -445.45% from current levels.
Veru Inc (VERU) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have lost -34.42% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -100.00%.
Year-ago sales stood 4.14M and 3.95M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -100.00% for the current quarter and -100.00% for the next.
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 -8.11% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 19.29% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to decrease by -2.89%.
VERU Dividends
Veru 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.
Veru Inc (NASDAQ:VERU)’s Major holders
The top two institutional holders are ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. with over 7.86 million shares worth more than $6.61 million. As of 2024-06-30, ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. held 5.3703% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 7.65 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $6.44 million and represent 5.2267% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and iShares Russell 2000 ETF . As of Sep 30, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 2.66% shares in the company for having 3.89 shares of worth $2.14 million while later fund manager owns 3.54 shares of worth $1.95 million as of Nov 30, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 2.42% of company’s outstanding stock.
