BofA Securities slashes price target on FibroGen Inc [FGEN] – find out why.

FibroGen Inc [NASDAQ: FGEN] gained 5.14% or 0.02 points to close at $0.40 with a heavy trading volume of 2692155 shares.

The daily chart for FGEN points out that the company has recorded -66.24% loss over the past six months.

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If we look at the average trading volume of 1.71M shares, FGEN reached to a volume of 2692155 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about FibroGen Inc [FGEN]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for FGEN shares is $1.50 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on FGEN stock is a recommendation set at 4.00. 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.

BofA Securities have made an estimate for FibroGen Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Underperform, with their previous recommendation back on August 08, 2023. The new note on the price target was released on June 26, 2023, representing the official price target for FibroGen Inc stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for FibroGen Inc is set at 0.04, with the Price to Sales ratio for FGEN stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.23.

Trading performance analysis for FGEN stock

FibroGen Inc [FGEN] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 17.21. With this latest performance, FGEN shares dropped by -5.95% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -66.24% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -39.36% 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 FGEN stock in for the last two-week period is set at 51.56, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 59.44, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 46.42 for FibroGen Inc [FGEN]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 0.3882, while it was recorded at 0.3651 for the last single week of trading, and 1.1274 for the last 200 days.

FibroGen Inc [FGEN]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis

FibroGen Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.24 and a Current Ratio set at 1.41.

FibroGen Inc [FGEN]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis

With the latest financial reports released by the company, FibroGen Inc posted -0.65/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at -0.68/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company surpassed the estimates by a Surprise Factor of 0.03. 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 FGEN.

An analysis of Institutional ownership at FibroGen Inc [FGEN]

There are presently around $56.57%, or 57.05%% of FGEN stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of FGEN stocks are: PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ with ownership of 13.66 million shares, which is approximately 13.7964%. ARMISTICE CAPITAL, LLC, holding 8.94 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$7.97 million in FGEN stocks shares; and ARMISTICE CAPITAL, LLC, currently with $$5.25 million in FGEN stock with ownership which is approximately 5.9458%.