Liquidia Corporation (NASDAQ:LQDA – Get Free Report) Director Stephen Bloch sold 235,477 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $27.13, for a total value of $6,388,491.01. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.
Liquidia Stock Performance
LQDA opened at $27.38 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $65.76 and a 200-day simple moving average of $61.69. The firm has a market cap of $2.45 billion, a PE ratio of 19.99 and a beta of 0.61. The company has a quick ratio of 2.12, a current ratio of 2.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63. Liquidia Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $21.94 and a fifty-two week high of $93.61.
Liquidia (NASDAQ:LQDA – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 12th. The company reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.76 by ($0.02). Liquidia had a return on equity of 149.65% and a net margin of 30.74%. The company had revenue of $171.68 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $168.48 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.49) EPS. Liquidia’s quarterly revenue was up 1842.1% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts predict that Liquidia Corporation will post 2.10 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Liquidia
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several research analysts have weighed in on the company. Jefferies Financial Group raised Liquidia to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 1st. BTIG Research downgraded Liquidia from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 1st. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Liquidia from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, October 3rd. Needham & Company LLC lowered their price objective on shares of Liquidia from $110.00 to $72.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 1st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada set a $130.00 price target on shares of Liquidia in a research note on Friday, July 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have given a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $83.69.
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Liquidia Company Profile
Liquidia Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing therapies for patients with serious cardiopulmonary diseases and other rare conditions. The company uses its proprietary PRINT technology to engineer drug particles with controlled size, shape and composition, with the goal of improving the delivery and performance of medicines.
Liquidia’s lead product is Yutrepia (treprostinil) inhalation powder, a dry-powder inhaler designed for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
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