Vaxart Inc (NASDAQ: VXRT) is -36.38% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $0.44 and a high of $1.41 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 VXRT stock was last observed hovering at around $0.46 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.04%.
Currently trading at $0.42, the stock is -16.04% and -31.86% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.91 million and changing -7.83% at the moment leaves the stock -39.99% off its SMA200. VXRT registered -65.48% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -46.55%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $0.618 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $0.70215.
The stock witnessed a -14.48% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -30.81%, and is -18.39% 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 8.98% over the week and 8.77% over the month.
Vaxart Inc (VXRT) has around 115 employees, a market worth around $96.01M and $28.70M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -233.27%. Distance from 52-week low is -5.33% and -70.13% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-89.18%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 5.05% this year.
Vaxart Inc (VXRT) Top Institutional Holders
108.0 institutions hold shares in Vaxart Inc (VXRT), with institutional investors hold 15.88% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 227.77M, and float is at 225.58M with Short Float at 5.42%. Institutions hold 15.78% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is SIO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC with over 14.76 million shares valued at $9.85 million. The investor’s holdings represent 7.9939% of the VXRT Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 9.95 million shares valued at $6.64 million to account for 5.3875 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC which holds 3.99 million shares representing 2.1579% and valued at over $2.66 million, while GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 1.1892 of the shares totaling 2.2 million with a market value of $1.47 million.
Vaxart Inc (VXRT) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Watson W. Mark, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Watson W. Mark bought 20,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 18 ’24 at a price of $0.68 per share for a total of $13578.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 78125.0 shares.
