Agenus Inc (NASDAQ:AGEN) has a beta value of -81.27% and has seen 991.81 shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $131.05M, closed the last trade at $4.47 per share which meant it lost -$7.03 on the day or 4.78% during that session. The AGEN stock price is -319.24% off its 52-week high price of $18.74 and 69.13% above the 52-week low of $1.38. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 1.07 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 1.48 shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Agenus Inc (AGEN) is Hold stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 55.11. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 2 out of 2 have rated it as a Hold, with 0 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.
Agenus Inc (NASDAQ:AGEN) trade information
Sporting 4.78% 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 AGEN stock price touched $4.47 or saw a rise of 14.04%. Year-to-date, Agenus Inc shares have moved -66.57%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -0.83%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Agenus Inc (NASDAQ:AGEN) have changed 24.48%. Short interest in the company has seen 3.87 million shares shorted with days to cover at 5.01.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $7, which means that the shares’ value could jump 36.14% from current levels. The projected low price target is $7.0 while the price target rests at a high of $8.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -78.97% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -56.6% from current levels.
Agenus Inc (AGEN) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have gained 68.90% 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 -71.25% 7.90% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 74.98% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 38.34%.
AGEN Dividends
Agenus Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-May-12 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Agenus Inc (NASDAQ:AGEN)’s Major holders
Insiders own 1.45% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 34.04% with a share float percentage of 34.54%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Agenus Inc having a total of 120.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 2.15 million shares worth more than $36.09 million. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 10.2305% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 1.55 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $25.93 million and represent 7.3501% of shares outstanding.
