Moderna Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNA) stock jumped 1.58% on Friday to $114.59 against a previous-day closing price of $112.81. With 6.25 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 3.75 million shares. During the session, the Biotechnology company that operates in wider Healthcare sector, reached to the highest price of $115.25 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $111.90. The 52-week range on MRNA shows that it touched its highest point at $217.25 and its lowest point at $95.02 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $181.35. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.63.
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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 MRNA was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.46%, but this was up by 15.84% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -11.84% while six-month performance fell -24.50%. The stock lost -17.80% in the past year, while it has lost -36.20% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for MRNA yields 2.70 with Next year EPS estimates of -5.17. For the next quarter, that number is -1.58. This implies an EPS growth rate of -29.00% for this year and -47.80% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 381.00 million MRNA shares are outstanding with a float of 343.79 million shares on hand for trading. On Aug 30, 2023, short shares totaled 18.05 million, which was 4.74% higher than short shares on Jul 30, 2023. In addition to Mr. Stephane Bancel as the firm’s CEO & Director, Dr. Stephen Hoge M.D. serves as its Pres.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 69.48% of MRNA’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company. Other institutions hold 38.39% of MRNA, in contrast to 24.91% held by mutual funds. Shares owned by individuals account for 13.63%. As the largest shareholder in MRNA with 12.01% of the stake, Baillie Gifford & Co. holds 45,711,095 shares worth 45,711,095. A second-largest stockholder of MRNA, The Vanguard Group, Inc., holds 26,117,104 shares, controlling over 6.86% of the firm’s shares. BlackRock Fund Advisors is the third largest shareholder in MRNA, holding 16,480,386 shares or 4.33% stake. With a 2.65% stake in MRNA, the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF is the largest stakeholder. A total of 10,095,742 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager. The Vanguard International Growth Fun, which owns about 2.47% of MRNA stock, is the second-largest Mutual Fund holder. It holds 9,417,081 shares valued at 1.06 billion. Scottish Mortgage Investment Trus holds 2.42% of the stake in MRNA, owning 9,203,093 shares worth 1.04 billion.
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 Jun 29, 2023, MRNA reported revenue of $4.57B and operating income of $2.45B. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $2.45B and diluted EPS was $5.24.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for MRNA 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 MRNA analysts setting a high price target of $430.00 and a low target of $66.00, the average target price over the next 12 months is $179.31. Based on these targets, MRNA could surge 275.25% to reach the target high and fall by -42.4% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 56.48% 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 MRNA stock several times over the past three months with 4 Buys and 19 Sells. In these transactions, 107,678 shares were bought while 162,402 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 112 while that of sell transactions has risen to 437 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 3,235,526 while 3,439,448 shares were sold.
