Dynavax Technologies Corp (NASDAQ: DVAX) is -13.74% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $9.22 and a high of $14.63 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 DVAX stock was last observed hovering at around $9.91 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -7.61%.
Currently trading at $2.30M, the stock is -1.66% and -4.08% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.27 million and changing 1268447% at the moment leaves the stock -17.14% off its SMA200. DVAX registered -22.79% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -22.73%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $10.2794 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $11.89975.
The stock witnessed a 0.61% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -29.47%, and is -1.30% 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 1.98% over the week and 1.97% over the month.
Dynavax Technologies Corp (DVAX) has around 405 employees, a market worth around $1.18B and $294.62M in sales. Fwd P/E is 18.52. Profit margin for the company is -20.39%. Distance from 52-week low is 6.94% and -32.60% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-7.35%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -305.00% this year
376.0 institutions hold shares in Dynavax Technologies Corp (DVAX), with institutional investors hold 109.36% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 123.70M, and float is at 114.40M with Short Float at 13.81%. Institutions hold 108.72% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 21.9 million shares valued at $245.97 million. The investor’s holdings represent 16.7308 of the DVAX Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is DEEP TRACK CAPITAL, LP with 10.9 million shares valued at $122.41 million to account for 8.3259 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 9.37 million shares representing 7.1594 and valued at over $105.26 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 6.0824 of the shares totaling 7.96 million with a market value of $89.42 million.
Dynavax Technologies Corp (DVAX) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Novack David F, the company’s President & COO. SEC filings show that Novack David F sold 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 24 ’25 at a price of $14.00 per share for a total of $0.14 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 8078.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 18 ’25, Novack David F (President & COO) disposed off 14,020 shares at an average price of $13.58 for $0.19 million. The insider now directly holds 8,078 shares of Dynavax Technologies Corp (DVAX).
