With 0.56 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.42 million shares. During the session, the Biotechnology company that operates in wider Healthcare sector, reached to the highest price of $12.195 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $11.55. The 52-week range on PRTA shows that it touched its highest point at $25.42 and its lowest point at $11.42 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $51.75. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.06.
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 PRTA was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -9.20%, but this was down by -19.39% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -18.41% while six-month performance fell -27.44%. The stock lost -53.58% in the past year, while it has lost -12.35% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PRTA yields -2.30 with Next year EPS estimates of -3.53. For the next quarter, that number is -0.97. This implies an EPS growth rate of -58.69% for this year and 2.05% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -15.39% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -3.15%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 53.83 million PRTA shares are outstanding with a float of 42.50 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-14, short shares totaled 8.78 million, which was 1630.9999 higher than short shares on 1739491200. In addition to Dr. Gene G. Kinney Ph.D. as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Tran B. Nguyen M.B.A. serves as its CFO & Chief Strategy Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 1.0260199 of PRTA’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 2024-12-31, PRTA reported revenue of $2123000.0 and operating income of -$64897000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$64676000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for PRTA since 15 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 11 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 PRTA analysts setting a high price target of 110.0 and a low target of 20.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 51.75. Based on these targets, PRTA could surge 806.1% to reach the target high and rise by 64.74% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 326.28% 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 -$1.7498 being high and -$2.3825 being low. For PRTA, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$2.21444. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.21 and the low estimate is -$1.19. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.87.
