Veru Inc (NASDAQ: VERU) is -23.03% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $0.45 and a high of $1.42 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 VERU stock was last observed hovering at around $0.69 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.75%.
Currently trading at $2.44M, the stock is 5.86% and 17.11% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.03 million and changing 2026167% at the moment leaves the stock -0.10% off its SMA200. VERU registered 0.74% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 0.96%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $0.5594 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $0.65575.
The stock witnessed a 28.74% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 23.78%, and is 8.49% 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 9.82% over the week and 10.29% over the month.
Veru Inc (VERU) has around 210 employees, a market worth around $96.06M and $10.61M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -302.93%. Distance from 52-week low is 45.62% and -53.85% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-135.69%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 30.95% this year
160.0 institutions hold shares in Veru Inc (VERU), with institutional investors hold 38.96% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 146.58M, and float is at 119.15M with Short Float at 11.18%. Institutions hold 33.43% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. with over 7.86 million shares valued at $6.61 million. The investor’s holdings represent 5.3702 of the VERU Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 7.65 million shares valued at $6.44 million to account for 5.2267 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS LLC which holds 7.06 million shares representing 4.8252 and valued at over $5.94 million, while VANGUARD GROUP INC holds 4.1757 of the shares totaling 6.11 million with a market value of $5.14 million.
Veru Inc (VERU) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Rankowitz Michael L, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Rankowitz Michael L bought 95,279 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 18 ’25 at a price of $0.55 per share for a total of $52432.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.2 million shares.
Veru Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 19 ’25 that Rankowitz Michael L (Director) bought a total of 54,721 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 19 ’25 and was made at $0.58 per share for $31919.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.25 million shares of the VERU stock.
