Savara Inc. (NASDAQ: SVRA) stock jumped 1.96% on Wednesday to $2.60 against a previous-day closing price of $2.55. With 0.54 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.18 million shares. The 52-week range on SVRA shows that it touched its highest point at $2.85 and its lowest point at $1.08 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $4.60. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.81.
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Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of SVRA was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.84%, but this was up by 45.25% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -1.52% while six-month performance rose 81.82%. The stock gained 96.97% in the past year, while it has gained 67.74% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SVRA yields -0.26 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.28. For the next quarter, that number is -0.08. This implies an EPS growth rate of 22.30% for this year and 3.40% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 152.78 million SVRA shares are outstanding with a float of 111.83 million shares on hand for trading. On Apr 27, 2023, short shares totaled 1.0 million, which was 0.88% higher than short shares on Mar 30, 2023. In addition to Mr. Matthew Pauls as the firm’s Chairman & CEO, Mr. David L. Lowrance CPA serves as its CFO, Chief Admin. Officer & Sec.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 70.66% of SVRA’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company. Other institutions hold 8.98% of SVRA, in contrast to 27.48% held by mutual funds. Shares owned by individuals account for 27.35%. As the largest shareholder in SVRA with 9.56% of the stake, Farallon Capital Management LLC holds 10,908,086 shares worth 10,908,086. A second-largest stockholder of SVRA, Caxton Corp., holds 6,896,551 shares, controlling over 6.05% of the firm’s shares. Adage Capital Management LP is the third largest shareholder in SVRA, holding 6,864,551 shares or 6.02% stake. With a 2.87% stake in SVRA, the AXA Framlington Biotech Fund is the largest stakeholder. A total of 3,268,565 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager. The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF, which owns about 2.85% of SVRA stock, is the second-largest Mutual Fund holder. It holds 3,255,385 shares valued at 6.12 million. Vanguard Extended Market Index Fu holds 1.13% of the stake in SVRA, owning 1,285,719 shares worth 2.42 million.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on Mar 30, 2023, SVRA reported revenue of $0.00 and operating income of -$8.92M. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$8.88M and diluted EPS was -$0.06.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for SVRA since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With SVRA analysts setting a high price target of $7.00 and a low target of $3.00, the average target price over the next 12 months is $4.60. Based on these targets, SVRA could surge 169.23% to reach the target high and rise by 15.38% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 76.92% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded SVRA stock several times over the past three months with 0 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 0 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 36 while that of sell transactions has remained unmoved to 0 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 1,320,844 while 0 shares were sold.
