In last trading session, PepGen Inc (NASDAQ:PEPG) saw 0.43 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 1.44. Company’s recent per share price level of $1.10 trading at -$0.15 or -12.75% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $35.80M. That closing price of PEPG’s stock is at a discount of -1654.55% from its 52-week high price of $19.30 and is indicating a discount of -5.45% from its 52-week low price of $1.16. Taking a look at company’s average trading volume for last 10-days demonstrates a volume of 0.32 million shares which gives us an average trading volume of 2.87 million if we extend that period to 3-months.
For PepGen Inc (PEPG), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 1.60. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 2 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 0 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 0 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 2 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight. The company is expected to be making an EPS of -0.75 in the current quarter.
PepGen Inc (NASDAQ:PEPG) trade information
Upright in the red during last session for losing -12.75%, in the last five days PEPG remained trading in the red while hitting it’s week-highest on Wednesday, 04/02/25 when the stock touched $1.10 price level, adding 26.67% to its value on the day. PepGen Inc’s shares saw a change of -71.11% in year-to-date performance and have moved -26.01% in past 5-day. PepGen Inc (NASDAQ:PEPG) showed a performance of -54.75% in past 30-days. Number of shares sold short was 2.86 million shares which calculate 0.36 days to cover the short interests.
Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 29.5 to the stock, which implies a rise of 96.27% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting 26 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 33. It follows that stock’s current price would drop -2263.64% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a loss of -2263.64% for stock’s current value.
Weighing up company’s earnings over the past 5-year and in the next 5-year periods, we find the company posting an annual earnings growth rate of -116.35% during past 5 years. In 2025, company’s earnings growth rate is likely to be around 6.44% while estimates for its earnings growth in next 5 years are of 11.88%.
PepGen Inc (NASDAQ:PEPG)’s Major holders
Insiders are in possession of 0.39% of company’s total shares while institution are holding 102.26 percent of that, with stock having share float percentage of 102.66%. Investors also watch the number of corporate investors in a company very closely, which is 102.26% institutions for PepGen Inc that are currently holding shares of the company. RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. is the top institutional holder at PEPG for having 10.69 million shares of worth $170.61 million. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 32.9221 of the company’s outstanding shares.
The second largest institutional holder is SUVRETTA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, which was holding about 1.52 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 4.6842 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $24.27 million.
On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and iShares Trust-iShares Russell 2000 ETF are the top two Mutual Funds which own company’s shares. As of Dec 31, 2024 , the former fund manager was holding 482.71 shares of worth $0.53 million or 1.48% of the total outstanding shares. The later fund manager was in possession of 395.56 shares on Feb 28, 2025 , making its stake of worth around $0.43 million in the company or a holder of 1.21% of company’s stock.
