Liquidia Corp (NASDAQ: LQDA) is 31.29% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $8.26 and a high of $16.99 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 LQDA stock was last observed hovering at around $14.92 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.52%.
Currently trading at $15.44, the stock is 3.06% and 5.43% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.21 million and changing 3.49% at the moment leaves the stock 27.77% off its SMA200. LQDA registered -0.77% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 57.87%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $14.6454 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $12.08435.
The stock witnessed a -6.54% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 39.98%, and is 10.05% 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 4.88% over the week and 4.76% over the month.
Liquidia Corp (LQDA) has around 157 employees, a market worth around $1.32B and $14.00M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -931.65%. Distance from 52-week low is 86.92% and -9.12% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-155.49%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 5.30% this year
217.0 institutions hold shares in Liquidia Corp (LQDA), with institutional investors hold 71.29% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 84.68M, and float is at 69.67M with Short Float at 16.18%. Institutions hold 61.39% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is CALIGAN PARTNERS LP with over 10.36 million shares valued at $124.33 million. The investor’s holdings represent 13.5551 of the LQDA Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is PATIENT SQUARE CAPITAL LP with 7.18 million shares valued at $86.19 million to account for 9.3968 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 4.24 million shares representing 5.6248 and valued at over $50.89 million, while VANGUARD GROUP INC holds 4.512 of the shares totaling 3.4 million with a market value of $40.82 million.
Liquidia Corp (LQDA) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Schundler Russell, the company’s General Counsel. SEC filings show that Schundler Russell sold 930 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 03 ’25 at a price of $15.45 per share for a total of $14368.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.58 million shares.
Liquidia Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 03 ’25 that Moomaw Scott (Chief Commercial Officer) sold a total of 592 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 03 ’25 and was made at $15.45 per share for $9146.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.22 million shares of the LQDA stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 03 ’25, Kaseta Michael (CFO and COO) disposed off 874 shares at an average price of $15.45 for $13503.0. The insider now directly holds 404,598 shares of Liquidia Corp (LQDA).
