Merus N.V (NASDAQ: MRUS) is -1.16% lower 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 make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The MRUS stock was last observed hovering at around $53.33 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.49%.
Currently trading at $53.82, the stock is -0.34% and 9.27% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.22 million and changing 0.92% at the moment leaves the stock 15.71% off its SMA200. MRUS registered 27.99% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 28.48%.
The stock witnessed a -13.78% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 25.13%, and is 1.20% 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 2.48% over the week and 3.31% over the month.
Merus N.V (MRUS) has around 260 employees, a market worth around $4.01B and $54.73M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -506.73%. Distance from 52-week low is 62.16% and -14.54% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-45.90%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -44.19% this year
The shares outstanding are 69.18M, and float is at 66.31M with Short Float at 7.54%.
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 Silverman Peter B., the company’s COO & GC. SEC filings show that Silverman Peter B. sold 34,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 20 ’25 at a price of $52.76 per share for a total of $1.79 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 21 ’25, Shuman Harry (VP Controller, PAO) disposed off 4,000 shares at an average price of $48.50 for $0.19 million. The insider now directly holds 11,002 shares of Merus N.V (MRUS).
