In the last trading session, 83.29 million shares of the Verve Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VERV) were traded, and its beta was 1.72. Most recently the company’s share price was $11.38, and it changed around $5.11 or 81.50% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $1.01B. VERV currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $9.31, offering almost 18.19% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $2.86, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 74.87% since then. We note from Verve Therapeutics Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 11.28 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 3.47 million.
Verve Therapeutics Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.89. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 10 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 3 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 1 recommended VERV as a Hold, whereas 6 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.
Verve Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VERV) trade information
Instantly VERV has showed a green trend with a performance of 81.50% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 11.40 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 0.18%. The company’s shares are currently up 101.77% year-to-date, but still up 78.23% over the last five days. On the other hand, Verve Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VERV) is 145.79% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 19.84 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 6.99 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $15, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 24.13% from its current value. Analyst projections state that VERV is forecast to be at a low of $15 and a high of $15.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a negative earnings growth rate of -42.43%. Verve Therapeutics Inc earnings are expected to increase by -3.28% in 2025, but the outlook is negative -0.31% per year for the next five years.
VERV Dividends
Verve Therapeutics Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-May-13.
Verve Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VERV)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 5.10% of Verve Therapeutics Inc shares, and 94.63% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 99.72%. Verve Therapeutics Inc stock is held by 278.0 institutions, with ALPHABET INC. being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 14.6618% of the shares, which is about 12.35 million shares worth $60.26 million.
BLACKROCK INC., with 7.8598% or 6.62 million shares worth $32.31 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
