With 0.61 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.58 million shares. During the session, the Biotechnology company that operates in wider Healthcare sector, reached to the highest price of $13.9074 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $13.2831. The 52-week range on KALV shows that it touched its highest point at $15.50 and its lowest point at $7.30 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $26.33. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.05.
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 KALV was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 5.59%, but this was up by 21.92% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 55.07% while six-month performance rose 12.49%. The stock gained 23.52% in the past year, while it has gained 60.57% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KALV yields -3.73 with Next year EPS estimates of -2.97. For the next quarter, that number is -0.85. This implies an EPS growth rate of -3.28% for this year and 16.52% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 20.85% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -20.06%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 49.49 million KALV shares are outstanding with a float of 38.53 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-04-15, short shares totaled 6.21 million, which was 1249.0 higher than short shares on 1741910400. In addition to Mr. Benjamin L. Palleiko as the firm’s CEO & Director, Dr. Christopher M. Yea Ph.D. serves as its Chief Development Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 1.13437 of KALV’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 2025-01-31, KALV reported revenue of $0.0 and operating income of -$42940000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$40208000.0 and diluted EPS was -$0.92.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for KALV since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With KALV analysts setting a high price target of 39.0 and a low target of 18.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 26.33333. Based on these targets, KALV could surge 186.76% to reach the target high and rise by 32.35% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 93.63% 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. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$2.85034 being high and -$3.23173 being low. For KALV, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$3.031. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.72 and the low estimate is -$1.18. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.95.
