Geron Corp. [NASDAQ: GERN] traded at a high on Friday, posting a 0.74 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $4.09.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 9608033 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Geron Corp. stands at 4.56% while the volatility over the past one month is 4.66%.
3 Tiny Stocks Primed to Explode
The world's greatest investor — Warren Buffett — has a simple formula for making big money in the markets. He buys up valuable assets when they are very cheap. For stock market investors that means buying up cheap small cap stocks like these with huge upside potential.
We've set up an alert service to help smart investors take full advantage of the small cap stocks primed for big returns.
Click here for full details and to join for free
Sponsored
The market cap for GERN stock reached $2.47 billion, with 602.80 million shares outstanding and 552.62 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 8.72M shares, GERN reached a trading volume of 9608033 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Geron Corp. [GERN]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for GERN shares is $7.17 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on GERN stock is a recommendation set at 1.11. 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.
Scotiabank have made an estimate for Geron Corp. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Sector Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on October 16, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Leerink Partners raised their target price to Outperform. The new note on the price target was released on September 09, 2024, representing the official price target for Geron Corp. stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $4.50, while Robert W. Baird analysts kept a Neutral rating on GERN stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Geron Corp. is set at 0.20, with the Price to Sales ratio for GERN stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1799.60. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 8.02, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.60.
How has GERN stock performed recently?
Geron Corp. [GERN] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -5.54. With this latest performance, GERN shares dropped by -13.71% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 10.84% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 121.08% 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 GERN stock in for the last two-week period is set at 40.62, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 37.57, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 42.82 for Geron Corp. [GERN]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 4.43, while it was recorded at 4.13 for the last single week of trading, and 3.64 for the last 200 days.
Geron Corp. [GERN]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Geron Corp.’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 3.60 and a Current Ratio set at 3.61.
Earnings analysis for Geron Corp. [GERN]
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 GERN. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Geron Corp. go to 5.00%.
Insider trade positions for Geron Corp. [GERN]
There are presently around $77.95%, or 78.02%% of GERN stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of GERN stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 46.55 million shares, which is approximately 7.7138%. RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., holding 46.2 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$195.9 million in GERN stocks shares; and RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., currently with $$135.4 million in GERN stock with ownership which is approximately 5.2914%.
