Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc [NASDAQ: IOVA] traded at a high on Monday, posting a 9.35 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $8.30. The company report on January 19, 2024 at 5:15 PM that Iovance Biotherapeutics Reports Inducement Grants under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
The awards were granted under Iovance’s 2021 Inducement Plan, which was adopted on September 22, 2021 and amended on January 12, 2022 and May 10, 2023, and provides for the granting of equity awards to new employees of Iovance by the Company’s compensation committee in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). Each of the stock options granted as referenced in this press release has an exercise price of $7.94, the closing price of Iovance’s common stock on the Date of Grant. Each stock option vests over a three-year period, with one-third of the shares vesting on the first anniversary of the employee’s start date (the “First Vesting Date”), and the remaining shares vesting in eight quarterly installments over the next two years, commencing with the first quarter following the First Vesting Date, subject to continued employment with the Company through the applicable vesting dates.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 6801963 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc stands at 8.99% while the volatility over the past one month is 8.60%.
The market cap for IOVA stock reached $2.12 billion, with 255.92 million shares outstanding and 199.70 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 7.71M shares, IOVA reached a trading volume of 6801963 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc [IOVA]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for IOVA shares is $20.42 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on IOVA stock is a recommendation set at 1.29. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Goldman have made an estimate for Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on November 20, 2023.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc is set at 0.68, with the Price to Sales ratio for IOVA stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 2991.74. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 3.15, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.41.
How has IOVA stock performed recently?
Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc [IOVA] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 2.72. With this latest performance, IOVA shares gained by 14.80% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 15.28% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 7.93% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for IOVA stock in for the last two-week period is set at 54.37, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 54.57, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 55.28 for Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc [IOVA]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 7.27, while it was recorded at 7.79 for the last single week of trading, and 6.51 for the last 200 days.
Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc [IOVA]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 4.11 and a Current Ratio set at 4.21.
Earnings analysis for Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc [IOVA]
With the latest financial reports released by the company, Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc posted -0.64/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at -0.64/share. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for IOVA.
Insider trade positions for Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc [IOVA]
The top three institutional holders of IOVA stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.3 billion shares, which is approximately 8.2815%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.03 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $176.59 billion in IOVA stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $156.75 billion in IOVA stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8325%.
