Purple Biotech Ltd. Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:PPBT) Stock Short Interest Drops 77.6%

Purple Biotech Ltd. Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:PPBT – Get Free Report) saw a significant drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 18,115 shares, a drop of 77.6% from the September 15th total of 80,940 shares. Approximately 2.0% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 49,113 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days.

Purple Biotech Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:PPBT traded up $0.01 during trading on Monday, reaching $1.34. 20,764 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 521,392. Purple Biotech has a 12-month low of $1.16 and a 12-month high of $14.10. The firm has a market cap of $1.25 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.06 and a beta of 0.73. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $1.58 and its 200 day moving average price is $2.44.

Purple Biotech (NASDAQ:PPBT – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August 7th. The company reported $1.07 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.98) by $2.05. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Purple Biotech will post -5.73 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Weiss Ratings cut shares of Purple Biotech from a “sell (e+)” rating to a “sell (e)” rating in a research note on Friday, September 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $30.00.

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About Purple Biotech

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Purple Biotech Ltd. is an Israel-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for cancer. The company’s research programs are designed to address mechanisms that contribute to tumor growth, immune evasion and resistance to existing treatments.

Purple Biotech’s principal product candidates have included CM24, an investigational monoclonal antibody targeting CEACAM1, an immune checkpoint that may help tumors avoid immune-system detection, and NT219, an investigational small-molecule oncology therapy designed to inhibit signaling pathways associated with resistance to cancer treatments.

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