Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) shares, rose in value on Friday, March 07, with the stock price up by 1.95% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $0.88.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $0.86. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $1.93, and the low was $0.65. On the whole, NKTR has fluctuated by 15.53% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Nektar Therapeutics currently standing at about $161.96 million, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in April.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 105.92M, with a low estimate of 17.58M and a high estimate of 91M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 36.66M.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that NKTR’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the price of NKTR currently trading nearly 3.49% and -1.51% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 51.51, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 9.08% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 11.38%. Furthermore, Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR)’s beta value is 0.60, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.09.
A comparison of Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. NKTR showed an intraday change of 1.95% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -0.69%%.
Data on historical trading for Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 2.05 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 184.46 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 3.62% of Nektar Therapeutics’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 70.10% of the company’s shares. The stock has fallen by -5.59% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the NKTR stock heading into the next quarter.
