The trading price of Molecular Templates Inc (NASDAQ:MTEM) closed lower on Friday, December 06, and closing at $0.42, -23.05% lower than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $0.403 and $0.5405. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $5.20 and a 52-week low of $0.29. Over the past month, the stock has lost -0.69% in value.
Molecular Templates Inc, whose market valuation is $2.10 million at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in January. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by 0 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of 0 for current year and 0 for next year.
On the technical side, indicators suggest MTEM has a 50% Sell on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 100% Sell, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 100% Sell.
A quick review shows that MTEM’s price is currently 4.62% off the SMA20 and -38.30% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 46.39, and weekly volatility stands at 36.06%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 33.60%. Molecular Templates Inc (NASDAQ:MTEM)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.06, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.12.
To see how Molecular Templates Inc stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: MTEM stock’s performance was -23.05% in the latest trading, and -91.70% in the past year.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Molecular Templates Inc (NASDAQ:MTEM) indicates that the 3-month average is 14.30 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 28.27.
Currently, records show that 6.58 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 17.39% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 41.02%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2024-11-15, stood at 2.46 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 0.1 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 5324.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in November were up slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 0.25 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen -88.87% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even lower.
