Geron Corp (NASDAQ: GERN) is -54.80% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $1.46 and a high of $5.34 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 GERN stock was last observed hovering at around $1.61 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.01%.
Currently trading at $1.60, the stock is -25.37% and -41.11% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 14.01 million and changing -0.62% at the moment leaves the stock -58.92% off its SMA200. GERN registered -23.81% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -62.35%.
The stock witnessed a -45.39% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -59.80%, and is -3.61% down 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 7.54% over the week and 7.75% over the month.
Geron Corp (GERN) has around 229 employees, a market worth around $1.02B and $77.00M in sales. Fwd P/E is 72.01. Profit margin for the company is -226.73%. Distance from 52-week low is 9.58% and -70.04% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-34.54%).
with sales reaching $49.88M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 62.96% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 205.82% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 16,309.12% in year-over-year returns.
Geron Corp (GERN) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 606.39M, and float is at 597.72M with Short Float at 11.67%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 46.55 million shares valued at $197.38 million. The investor’s holdings represent 7.7138% of the GERN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. with 46.2 million shares valued at $195.9 million to account for 7.0656 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 31.93 million shares representing 5.2914% and valued at over $135.4 million, while VIVO CAPITAL, LLC holds 4.1635 of the shares totaling 27.23 million with a market value of $115.44 million.
Geron Corp (GERN) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Samuels Scott Alan, the company’s EVP, Chief Legal Officer. SEC filings show that Samuels Scott Alan bought 15,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 27 ’25 at a price of $1.61 per share for a total of $24150.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 26682.0 shares.
Geron Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 27 ’25 that SCARLETT JOHN A (Chairman, President and CEO) bought a total of 12,500 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 27 ’25 and was made at $1.76 per share for $22062.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 12500.0 shares of the GERN stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 27 ’25, Ziegler James (EVP, Chief Commercial Officer) acquired 100,000 shares at an average price of $1.60 for $0.16 million. The insider now directly holds 100,000 shares of Geron Corp (GERN).
