Personalis Inc (NASDAQ: PSNL) is -7.79% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $1.12 and a high of $7.20 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The PSNL stock was last observed hovering at around $5.05 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.28%.
Currently trading at $5.33, the stock is -1.31% and 8.28% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.21 million and changing 5.54% at the moment leaves the stock 41.39% off its SMA200. PSNL registered 303.79% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 69.21%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $4.8849 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $3.749175.
The stock witnessed a -19.73% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 4.72%, and is 6.39% 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 6.37% over the week and 9.29% over the month.
Personalis Inc (PSNL) has around 225 employees, a market worth around $378.54M and $87.49M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -104.52%. Distance from 52-week low is 375.89% and -25.97% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-45.10%).
with sales reaching $15.47M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 35.65% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 13.45% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -21.71% in year-over-year returns.
121.0 institutions hold shares in Personalis Inc (PSNL), with institutional investors hold 65.87% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 70.64M, and float is at 35.33M with Short Float at 9.94%. Institutions hold 44.36% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is ARK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC with over 6.36 million shares valued at $7.44 million. The investor’s holdings represent 12.5534 of the PSNL Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 3.29 million shares valued at $3.85 million to account for 6.4961 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 1.9 million shares representing 3.7573 and valued at over $2.23 million, while ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC holds 2.0876 of the shares totaling 1.06 million with a market value of $1.24 million.
Personalis Inc (PSNL) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Tachibana Aaron, the company’s CFO AND COO. SEC filings show that Tachibana Aaron sold 708 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 28 ’25 at a price of $5.79 per share for a total of $4099.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.17 million shares.
Personalis Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jan 28 ’25 that Chen Richard (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND EVP) sold a total of 519 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jan 28 ’25 and was made at $5.79 per share for $3005.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.12 million shares of the PSNL stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 16 ’24, Chen Richard (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND EVP) disposed off 4,834 shares at an average price of $3.82 for $18466.0. The insider now directly holds 123,886 shares of Personalis Inc (PSNL).
