In the last trading session, 2.36 million shares of the Liquidia Corp (NASDAQ:LQDA) were traded, and its beta was 0.04. Most recently the company’s share price was $13.59, and it changed around -$0.5 or -3.55% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $1.16B. LQDA currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $19.41, offering almost -42.83% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $8.26, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 39.22% since then. We note from Liquidia Corp’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 3.39 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 1.82 million.
Liquidia Corp stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.40. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 1 out of 10 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 3 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 0 recommended LQDA as a Hold, whereas 6 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.
Liquidia Corp (NASDAQ:LQDA) trade information
Instantly LQDA has showed a red trend with a performance of -3.55% 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 15.06 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 9.76%. The company’s shares are currently up 15.56% year-to-date, but still down -9.28% over the last five days. On the other hand, Liquidia Corp (NASDAQ:LQDA) is -28.02% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 16.59 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 8.32 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $19, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 28.47% from its current value. Analyst projections state that LQDA is forecast to be at a low of $13 and a high of $36.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 8.44%.
LQDA Dividends
Liquidia Corp’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-May-07.
Liquidia Corp (NASDAQ:LQDA)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 13.55% of Liquidia Corp shares, and 65.05% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 75.24%. Liquidia Corp stock is held by 228.0 institutions, with CALIGAN PARTNERS LP being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 13.5551% of the shares, which is about 10.36 million shares worth $124.33 million.
PATIENT SQUARE CAPITAL LP, with 9.3968% or 7.18 million shares worth $86.19 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
