Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: VRCA) on Friday, soared 3.23% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $1.24. Within the past 52 weeks, VRCA’s price has moved between $0.70 and $11.41.
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A company in the Healthcare sector has dropped its sales by -13.60% annually for the last half of the decade. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -3.55%. With a float of $49.14 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $90.56 million.
In an organization with 100 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 72.9%, operating margin of -815.5%, and the pretax margin is -922.81%.
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRCA) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Observing investor behavior towards Biotechnology industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc is 45.74%, while institutional ownership is 16.49%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 26 ’24, was worth 69,647. In this transaction CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER of this company sold 26,183 shares at a rate of $2.66, taking the stock ownership to the 115,303 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 27 ’24, when Company’s CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER sold 9,530 for $2.46, making the entire transaction worth $23,444. This insider now owns 105,773 shares in total.
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRCA) Latest Financial update
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -3.55% per share during the next fiscal year.
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: VRCA) Trading Performance Indicators
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRCA) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.22 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 12.99.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -1.83, a number that is poised to hit -0.30 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach -0.68 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRCA)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 0.95 million. That was better than the volume of 0.49 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 81.13%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.15.
During the past 100 days, Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc’s (VRCA) raw stochastic average was set at 6.96%, which indicates a significant decrease from 85.92% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 103.23% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 162.37% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $1.2921, while its 200-day Moving Average is $4.9063. However, in the short run, Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $1.3500. Second resistance stands at $1.4200. The third major resistance level sits at $1.5400. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $1.1600, it is likely to go to the next support level at $1.0400. The third support level lies at $0.9700 if the price breaches the second support level.
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: VRCA) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 119.66 million based on 45,601K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 5,120 K and income totals -67,000 K. The company made 5,180 K in profit during its latest quarter, and -17,190 K in sales during its previous quarter.
