Verrica Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRCA - Get Free Report) released its earnings results on Monday. The company reported ($0.49) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.37) by ($0.12), Zacks reports. The business had revenue of ($1.78) million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.53 million. Verrica Pharmaceuticals had a negative return on equity of 591.84% and a negative net margin of 625.06%.
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Stock Performance
Shares of NASDAQ:VRCA traded down $0.63 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $0.80. 3,679,848 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 448,386. The company has a quick ratio of 2.23, a current ratio of 2.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.58. Verrica Pharmaceuticals has a 12 month low of $0.75 and a 12 month high of $11.41. The firm has a market capitalization of $34.03 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.42 and a beta of 1.45. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $1.71 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $5.21.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada cut shares of Verrica Pharmaceuticals from an "outperform" rating to a "sector perform" rating and dropped their target price for the company from $11.00 to $2.00 in a research note on Tuesday. Needham & Company LLC reissued a "hold" rating on shares of Verrica Pharmaceuticals in a research report on Tuesday. Brookline Capital Management reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of Verrica Pharmaceuticals in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Finally, TD Cowen lowered their price objective on Verrica Pharmaceuticals from $15.00 to $10.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, October 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Verrica Pharmaceuticals presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $9.60.
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About Verrica Pharmaceuticals
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Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc, a clinical-stage dermatology therapeutics company, develops medications for the treatment of skin diseases in the United States. Its product pipeline comprises YCANTH (VP-102), which is in phase III clinical trial for the treatment of common warts; and has completed phase II clinical trial for the treatment of external genital warts.
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