Moderna Inc (NASDAQ: MRNA) is 1.61% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $35.80 and a high of $170.47 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The MRNA stock was last observed hovering at around $43.17 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.92%.
Currently trading at $42.25, the stock is 1.99% and -2.94% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.38 million and changing -2.13% at the moment leaves the stock -51.69% off its SMA200. MRNA registered -61.65% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -65.60%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $43.5286 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $87.45802.
The stock witnessed a -7.45% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -28.22%, and is 0.60% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 8.06% over the week and 6.18% over the month.
Moderna Inc (MRNA) has around 5600 employees, a market worth around $16.26B and $5.07B in sales. Profit margin for the company is -43.84%. Distance from 52-week low is 18.02% and -75.22% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-16.81%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 24.95% this year.
Moderna Inc (MRNA) Top Institutional Holders
1195.0 institutions hold shares in Moderna Inc (MRNA), with institutional investors hold 79.18% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 385.00M, and float is at 343.19M with Short Float at 11.03%. Institutions hold 71.64% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO with over 43.45 million shares valued at $5.16 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.3741% of the MRNA Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 39.56 million shares valued at $4.7 billion to account for 10.3568 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 25.56 million shares representing 6.6917% and valued at over $3.04 billion, while FMR LLC holds 5.5396 of the shares totaling 21.16 million with a market value of $2.51 billion.
Moderna Inc (MRNA) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Klinger Shannon Thyme, the company’s Chief Legal Officer. SEC filings show that Klinger Shannon Thyme sold 529 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 09 ’24 at a price of $44.68 per share for a total of $23637.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 20446.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 03 ’24, Klinger Shannon Thyme (Chief Legal Officer) disposed off 112 shares at an average price of $43.30 for $4849.0. The insider now directly holds 19,837 shares of Moderna Inc (MRNA).
