Geron Corp (NASDAQ:GERN) has a beta value of 0.69 and has seen 3.05 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $929.90M, closed the recent trade at $1.46 per share which meant it lost -$0.06 on the day or -3.95% during that session. The GERN stock price is -265.75% off its 52-week high price of $5.34 and 19.86% above the 52-week low of $1.17. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 13.39 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 13.48 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Geron Corp (GERN) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.78. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 1 out of 5 have rated it as a Hold, with 4 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is -0.03.
Geron Corp (NASDAQ:GERN) trade information
Over the past 30 days, the shares of Geron Corp (NASDAQ:GERN) have changed 2.10%. Short interest in the company has seen 67.19 million shares shorted with days to cover at 6.16.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $4, which means that the shares’ value could jump 63.5% from the levels at last check today.. The projected low price target is $4.0 while the price target rests at a high of $4.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -173.97% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -173.97% from the levels at last check today..
Geron Corp (GERN) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have lost -64.04% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 158.10%.
7 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 46.85M for the current quarter. 7 have an estimated revenue figure of 52.35M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 882k and 28.27M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 5,212.10% for the current quarter and 158.10% for the next.
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 5.60% over the past 5 years.
GERN Dividends
Geron Corp is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-May-06 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Geron Corp (NASDAQ:GERN)’s Major holders
Insiders own 0.09% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 81.06% with a share float percentage of 81.14%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Geron Corp having a total of 353.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are BLACKROCK INC. with over 46.55 million shares worth more than $197.38 million. As of 2024-06-30, BLACKROCK INC. held 7.1191% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., with the holding of over 46.2 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $195.9 million and represent 7.0656% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and iShares Trust-iShares Russell 2000 ETF . As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager holds about 2.96% shares in the company for having 18.82 shares of worth $27.39 million while later fund manager owns 15.66 shares of worth $22.79 million as of Mar 31, 2025 , which makes it owner of about 2.46% of company’s outstanding stock.
