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Altimmune (ALT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$5.92 +0.72 (+13.83%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$5.94 +0.02 (+0.35%)
As of 04:17 PM Eastern
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About Altimmune Stock (NASDAQ:ALT)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$5.36
$6.05
50-Day Range
$5.20
$7.45
52-Week Range
$5.14
$11.16
Volume
11.36 million shs
Average Volume
3.05 million shs
Market Capitalization
$455.85 million
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$20.83
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Altimmune, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing treatments for obesity and liver diseases. The company's lead product candidate, pemvidutide, a GLP-1/glucagon dual receptor agonist that is in Phase 2 trial for the treatment of obesity and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis. It is also developing HepTcell, an immunotherapeutic product candidate, which is in Phase 2 clinical trial for patients chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus. The company was formerly known as Vaxin Inc. and changed its name to Altimmune, Inc. in September 2015. Altimmune, Inc. was founded in 1997 is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

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Altimmune Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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51st Percentile Overall Score

ALT MarketRank™: 

Altimmune scored higher than 51% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 694th out of 934 stocks in the medical sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Altimmune has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.89, and is based on 6 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Altimmune has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Altimmune's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Altimmune are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($1.35) to ($0.96) per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Altimmune is -3.61, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Altimmune is -3.61, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Altimmune has a P/B Ratio of 2.04. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Altimmune's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    31.77% of the float of Altimmune has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Altimmune has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.2.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Altimmune has recently decreased by 3.56%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • Dividend Yield

    Altimmune does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Altimmune does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    31.77% of the float of Altimmune has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Altimmune has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.2.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Altimmune has recently decreased by 3.56%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • News Sentiment

    Altimmune has a news sentiment score of 0.06. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.72 average news sentiment score of Medical companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Altimmune this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    32 people have searched for ALT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 78% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 6 people have added Altimmune to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -25% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Altimmune insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $52,000.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 4.10% of the stock of Altimmune is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    78.05% of the stock of Altimmune is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Altimmune's insider trading history.
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ALT Stock News Headlines

Stifel Nicolaus Keeps Their Buy Rating on Altimmune (ALT)
Evercore bullish on Altimmune, likes drug move into alcohol related disease
Ex CIA predicts 40% “double crash” – April 11
The scientists here don’t study deadly viruses… directed energy weapons… or even weather control technology… They’re studying something far more alien… Something you’ve never seen before…
Piper Sandler Reaffirms Their Buy Rating on Altimmune (ALT)
Altimmune (ALT) Gets a Hold from William Blair
HC Wainwright Estimates Altimmune's Q2 Earnings (NASDAQ:ALT)
Altimmune to Host Virtual R&D Day on March 13, 2025
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ALT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Altimmune's stock was trading at $7.21 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ALT shares have decreased by 22.3% and is now trading at $5.6040.
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Altimmune, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALT) released its earnings results on Thursday, February, 27th. The company reported ($0.33) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.34) by $0.01. The company earned $0.01 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $0 million. Altimmune had a negative net margin of 199,076.92% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 55.81%.

Shares of Altimmune reverse split on Friday, September 14th 2018. The 1-30 reverse split was announced on Thursday, September 13th 2018. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the market closes on Thursday, September 13th 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 3 shares after the split.

Top institutional investors of Altimmune include Ameriprise Financial Inc. (7.39%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.23%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.33%) and Bellevue Group AG (1.33%). Insiders that own company stock include Vipin K Garg, David Drutz, Matthew Scott Harris, Wayne Pisano, M Scot Roberts and Diane Jorkasky.
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Shares of ALT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Altimmune investors own include Invesco QQQ (QQQ), Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Tesla (TSLA), Pfizer (PFE) and SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/27/2025
Today
3/14/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
5/08/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Medical
Industry
Pharmaceutical preparations
Sub-Industry
Pharmaceutical Products
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:ALT
Employees
50
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$20.83
High Stock Price Target
$26.00
Low Stock Price Target
$12.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+255.8%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.89
Research Coverage
9 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
N/A
Forward P/E Ratio
N/A
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$-88,450,000.00
Net Margins
-199,076.92%
Pretax Margin
-199,076.92%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$20,000.00
Price / Sales
22,545.85
Price / Cash Flow
N/A
Book Value
$2.75 per share
Price / Book
2.13

Miscellaneous

Free Float
68,209,000
Market Cap
$450.92 million
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.87
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This page (NASDAQ:ALT) was last updated on 3/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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