Is Lightwave Logic Inc (LWLG) positioned for future growth?

With 0.52 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.59 million shares. During the session, the Specialty Chemicals company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $3.06 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $2.87. The 52-week range on LWLG shows that it touched its highest point at $5.69 and its lowest point at $2.43 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $2.71. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.03.

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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 LWLG was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 7.35%, but this was up by 0.34% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -4.89% while six-month performance fell -30.14%. The stock lost -40.29% in the past year, while it has lost -41.37% so far this year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 120.72 million LWLG shares are outstanding with a float of 119.92 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-08-30, short shares totaled 21.08 million, which was 1746.9999000000003 higher than short shares on 1722384000. In addition to Dr. Michael S. Lebby Ph.D. as the firm’s Chairman & CEO, Mr. James S. Marcelli serves as its President, COO, Principal Financial Officer, Secretary & Director.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.26917 of LWLG’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

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 2024-06-30, LWLG reported revenue of $19355.0 and operating income of -$6239575.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$5773594.0 and diluted EPS was -$0.05.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for LWLG 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.