Exicure Inc [NASDAQ: XCUR] gained 13.76% or 0.82 points to close at $6.78 with a heavy trading volume of 304859 shares.
It opened the trading session at $5.95, the shares rose to $8.15 and dropped to $5.796, the range by which the price of stock traded the whole day. The daily chart for XCUR points out that the company has recorded -58.02% loss over the past six months.
If we look at the average trading volume of 87.92K shares, XCUR reached to a volume of 304859 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 Exicure Inc [XCUR]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for XCUR shares is $10.00 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on XCUR stock is a recommendation set at 3.00. 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.
Chardan Capital Markets have made an estimate for Exicure Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on December 13, 2021. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, BMO Capital Markets raised their target price to Outperform. The new note on the price target was released on December 18, 2020, representing the official price target for Exicure Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $9, while Guggenheim analysts kept a Buy rating on XCUR stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 3.76, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.65.
Trading performance analysis for XCUR stock
Exicure Inc [XCUR] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 22.27. With this latest performance, XCUR shares dropped by -34.62% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -58.02% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -50.40% in the past year of trading.
Exicure Inc [XCUR]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
Return on Equity for this stock declined to -37.35%, with Return on Assets sitting at -37.35%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Exicure Inc [XCUR]
There are presently around $5.27%, or 21.66% of XCUR stock, in the hands of institutional investors.
