Merus N.V (NASDAQ: MRUS) is 25.07% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $33.19 and a high of $62.98 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 MRUS stock was last observed hovering at around $53.08 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.49%.
Currently trading at $52.59, the stock is -2.46% and 12.26% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.54 million and changing -0.92% at the moment leaves the stock 13.43% off its SMA200. MRUS registered -7.00% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of 22.79%.
The stock witnessed a 27.15% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 11.89%, and is -4.47% 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 0.86% over the week and 7.72% over the month.
Merus N.V (MRUS) has around 260 employees, a market worth around $3.92B and $54.73M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -506.73%. Distance from 52-week low is 58.45% and -16.50% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-45.90%).
with sales reaching $9.88M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -44.19% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 54.23% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 34.77% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 69.18M, and float is at 66.31M with Short Float at 7.01%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is FMR LLC with over 6.22 million shares valued at $368.33 million. The investor’s holdings represent 10.0644 of the MRUS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is RTW INVESTMENTS, LP with 4.17 million shares valued at $246.7 million to account for 6.741 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are COMMODORE CAPITAL LP which holds 3.2 million shares representing 5.1737 and valued at over $189.34 million, while DEERFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. (SERIES C) holds 4.4452 of the shares totaling 2.75 million with a market value of $162.68 million.
Merus N.V (MRUS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Shuman Harry, the company’s VP Controller, PAO. SEC filings show that Shuman Harry sold 4,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 21 ’25 at a price of $48.50 per share for a total of $0.19 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 11002.0 shares.
Merus N.V disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Aug 21 ’24 that Shuman Harry (VP Controller, PAO) sold a total of 2,500 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Aug 21 ’24 and was made at $54.00 per share for $0.14 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 7002.0 shares of the MRUS stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 20 ’24, Shuman Harry (VP Controller, PAO) disposed off 2,500 shares at an average price of $54.00 for $0.14 million. The insider now directly holds 7,002 shares of Merus N.V (MRUS).
