Ventyx Biosciences Inc (VTYX) Is A Buy According To Analysts

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Ventyx Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:VTYX) has a beta value of 0.75 and has seen 1.1 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $76.11M, closed the last trade at $1.07 per share which meant it lost -$0.08 on the day or -6.96% during that session. The VTYX stock price is -449.53% off its 52-week high price of $5.88 and -5.61% below the 52-week low of $1.13. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 0.89 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 1.25 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Ventyx Biosciences Inc (VTYX) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.50. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 1 out of 8 have rated it as a Hold, with 7 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.

Ventyx Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:VTYX) trade information

Sporting -6.96% in the red 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 VTYX stock price touched $1.07 or saw a rise of 17.69%. Year-to-date, Ventyx Biosciences Inc shares have moved -51.14%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -16.41%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Ventyx Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:VTYX) have changed -25.69%. Short interest in the company has seen 6.91 million shares shorted with days to cover at 8.76.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $45, which means that the shares’ value could jump 97.62% from current levels. The projected low price target is $6.0 while the price target rests at a high of $60.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -5507.48% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -460.75% from current levels.

Ventyx Biosciences Inc (VTYX) estimates and forecasts

The company’s shares have lost -53.68% over the past 6 months.

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 -87.13% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest -2.09% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 11.01%.

VTYX Dividends

Ventyx Biosciences Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Feb-26 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.

Ventyx Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:VTYX)’s Major holders

Insiders own 4.46% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 84.51% with a share float percentage of 88.46%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Ventyx Biosciences Inc having a total of 168.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are DEERFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. (SERIES C) with over 5.83 million shares worth more than $13.47 million. As of 2024-06-30, DEERFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. (SERIES C) held 8.2625% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is CITADEL ADVISORS LLC, with the holding of over 5.76 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $13.3 million and represent 8.1616% of shares outstanding.