Atyr PHARMA (NASDAQ:ATYR - Get Free Report) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The company reported ($0.18) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.23) by $0.05, Zacks reports.
Atyr PHARMA Stock Performance
Shares of ATYR stock traded down $0.02 during trading on Friday, reaching $3.97. The company had a trading volume of 2,401,773 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,313,086. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $3.65 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $3.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02, a current ratio of 5.41 and a quick ratio of 5.41. Atyr PHARMA has a one year low of $1.42 and a one year high of $4.66. The company has a market capitalization of $333.25 million, a PE ratio of -4.22 and a beta of 0.98.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of equities research analysts have commented on ATYR shares. HC Wainwright restated a "buy" rating and set a $35.00 price objective on shares of Atyr PHARMA in a research report on Friday. Leerink Partners started coverage on Atyr PHARMA in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. They set an "outperform" rating and a $16.00 price objective for the company. Cantor Fitzgerald started coverage on Atyr PHARMA in a research report on Monday, January 6th. They set an "overweight" rating for the company. Finally, Leerink Partnrs upgraded Atyr PHARMA to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Atyr PHARMA presently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $18.60.
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Atyr PHARMA Company Profile
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aTyr Pharma, Inc engages in the discovery and development of medicines based on novel biological pathways. Its product pipeline includes ATYR1923, ATYR2810, NRP2 mAbs, and AARS-1, DARS-1. The company was founded by Paul Schimmel, Xiang-Lei Yang and Bruce Beutler on September 8, 2005 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.
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