Value Investing Philosophy And Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: VRCA)?

After Hours

After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.

Stocks Info

VRCA belongs to the Healthcare sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Biotechnology industry. The current market capitalization of Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc is $51.21M. A total of 2.62 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 387.11K shares.

In the most recent transaction, Hayes Christopher G. sold 4,315 shares of VRCA for 0.65 per share on Mar 17 ’25. After the transaction, the CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER now owns 176,458 company shares. In a previous transaction on Aug 26 ’24, Hayes Christopher G. sold 26,183 shares at 2.66 per share. VRCA shares that CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER owns now total 115,303.

Among the insiders who sold shares, Hayes Christopher G. disposed of 9,530 shares on Aug 27 ’24 at a per-share price of $2.46. This resulted in the CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER holding 105,773 shares of VRCA after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Goldenberg Gary sold 9,888 shares at $2.66 per share on Aug 26 ’24. Company shares held by the Chief Medical Officer now total 97,862.

While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, VRCA has a high of $11.41 and a low of $0.51.

Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly

An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. VRCA’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $70.35M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $43.41M in debt and $46.05M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was -$0.11, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $32.60M.

Analysts Opinion

There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for VRCA is Buy with a score of 3.67.

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