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Monopar Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:MNPR) Sees Significant Drop in Short Interest

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Monopar Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:MNPR - Get Free Report) saw a large drop in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 49,900 shares, a drop of 55.6% from the September 30th total of 112,400 shares. Approximately 2.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,110,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.0 days.

Monopar Therapeutics Price Performance

MNPR stock traded down $15.73 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $16.93. The stock had a trading volume of 3,356,530 shares, compared to its average volume of 705,090. The business has a 50-day moving average of $4.87 and a two-hundred day moving average of $3.92. The firm has a market cap of $296.00 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -32.56 and a beta of 1.26. Monopar Therapeutics has a 52-week low of $1.37 and a 52-week high of $38.50.

Monopar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:MNPR - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Friday, August 9th. The company reported ($0.10) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.09) by ($0.01). Research analysts predict that Monopar Therapeutics will post -1.93 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have weighed in on MNPR shares. HC Wainwright upped their target price on shares of Monopar Therapeutics from $2.00 to $6.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 14th. Rodman & Renshaw assumed coverage on Monopar Therapeutics in a research report on Friday, October 11th. They set a "buy" rating and a $50.00 price objective on the stock.

Check Out Our Latest Research Report on MNPR

Monopar Therapeutics Company Profile

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Monopar Therapeutics Inc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing therapeutics for the treatment of cancer in the United States. Its lead product candidate in development is Validive, a clonidine hydrochloride mucobuccal tablet that is in Phase 2b/3 clinical trial for the prevention of chemoradiotherapy induced severe oral mucositis in patients with oropharyngeal cancer.

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