Recursion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:RXRX) saw an upside of 3.03% to close Monday at $8.84 after adding $0.26 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 4,485,740 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $9.57 in the past week and touched a new high 1 time within the past 5 days. An average of 4,679,450 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 6,877,490.
RXRX’s 1-month performance is -42.86% or -$6.63 on its low of $8.36 reached on 08/21/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $4.54 and high of $16.75, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 07/19/23. YTD, RXRX has achieved 14.66% or $1.13 and has reached a new high 14 times. However, the current price is down -47.21% from the 52-week high price.
Insider Transactions
RXRX stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Aug 16.Secora Michael (Chief Financial Officer) most recently sold 25,000 shares at $8.90 per share on Aug 16. This transaction cost the insider $222,518. Chief Financial Officer, Secora Michael, sold 25,000 shares at a price of $9.27 on Aug 15. Then, on Aug 15, Chief Business Officer Virani Shafique sold 18,000 shares at a price of $9.25 per share. This transaction amounted to $166,500.
Valuation Metrics
RXRX stock has a beta of 0.11. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 38.30 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 3.70.
Recursion Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s quick ratio for the period ended June 30 was 3.80, with the current ratio over the same period at 3.80. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 3.80%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is -567.83%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at -$8.43 million against revenue of $39.84 million.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending June 30 this year, Net income and sales went down compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income grew 14.56% to -$76.73 million, while revenue of -$65.33 million was 14.86% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected RXRX to announce -$0.37 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted -$0.38, representing a -2.70% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than -$76.17 million. RXRX stock balance sheet for the quarter ending June 30 shows that total liabilities totaled 197.74 million, with total debt at $52.9 million. Shareholders hold equity totaling $215.59 million.
Let’s look briefly at Recursion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (RXRX) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 21 August was 30.72% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 49.39%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $8.82, reflecting a -5.15% or -$0.48 change from its current price. RXRX is currently trading -38.10% above its 20-day SMA, +37.69% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by -3.28% and SMA200 by-16.21%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 6.11% and 4.78% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 0.90. The RSI (14) points at 37.55%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 9.34% with the period’s ATR at 1.03. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -0.59 and -1.58 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for Recursion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: RXRX), Morgan Stanley launched coverage with an Equal-weight rating. Analysts offering their rating for RXRX stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Overweight. Currently, 0 brokerage advisors rate RXRX as a “sell,”, while 5 advise that investors “Hold.” 0 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 0 rates the stock as overweight while 3 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is RXRX’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $9.00 and a high of $35.00, with their median price target at $12.50. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for Recursion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (RXRX) stock is $15.13.
