Valneva (NASDAQ:VALN) Shares Climb 1.4% – What’s Next?

Valneva SE Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:VALN – Get Free Report)’s stock price traded up 1.4% during trading on Monday. The stock traded as high as $5.99 and last traded at $5.82. Approximately 69,379 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 184% from the average session volume of 24,393 shares. The stock had previously closed at $5.74.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the company. TD Cowen began coverage on Valneva in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $12.00 target price for the company. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Valneva in a report on Monday, September 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Valneva has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of $9.30.

Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on Valneva

Valneva Stock Performance

The company has a market cap of $561.75 million, a PE ratio of -2.81 and a beta of 1.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.04, a current ratio of 2.16 and a quick ratio of 1.69. The business has a 50-day moving average of $6.25 and a 200 day moving average of $5.91.

Valneva (NASDAQ:VALN – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Friday, August 14th. The company reported ($0.40) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.19) by ($0.21). Valneva had a negative return on equity of 153.20% and a negative net margin of 110.33%.The firm had revenue of $39.37 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $44.17 million. Equities research analysts anticipate that Valneva SE Sponsored ADR will post -1.27 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Valneva Company Profile

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Valneva SE is a specialty vaccine company headquartered in Saint-Herblain, France. The company develops, manufactures and commercializes vaccines intended to address infectious diseases with significant unmet medical needs, including travel-related illnesses, endemic diseases and emerging public-health threats.

Valneva’s marketed products include IXIARO, a vaccine for Japanese encephalitis, and DUKORAL, an oral vaccine used for protection against cholera and certain types of traveler’s diarrhea.

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