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Valneva (VALN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$4.43 +0.01 (+0.23%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

About Valneva Stock (NASDAQ:VALN)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$4.29
$4.56
50-Day Range
$4.42
$6.29
52-Week Range
$4.27
$11.96
Volume
10,441 shs
Average Volume
25,413 shs
Market Capitalization
$359.94 million
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$18.50
Consensus Rating
Buy

Company Overview

Valneva SE, a specialty vaccine company, develops, manufactures, and commercializes prophylactic vaccines for infectious diseases with unmet needs. It offers IXIARO, an inactivated Vero cell culture-derived Japanese encephalitis vaccine indicated for active immunization against Japanese encephalitis; DUKORAL, an oral vaccine for the prevention of diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholera and/or heat-labile toxin producing enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli bacterium; IXCHIQ, a single-dose, live-attenuated vaccine for the prevention of disease caused by chikungunya virus; and VLA2001, an inactivated whole-virus COVID-19 vaccine. The company also develops VLA15, a vaccine candidate, which is in Phase III clinical trial against Borrelia, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease; VLA1553, a vaccine candidate, which is in Phase III clinical trial against the chikungunya virus; VLA1554, a vaccine candidate targeting human metapneumovirus; and VLA2112, a vaccine candidate to treat patients with epstein-barr virus. It sells its products in the United States, Canada, Germany, Austria, Nordics, the United Kingdom, France, rest of European countries, and internationally. Valneva SE has collaborations with Pfizer, Inc. to co-develop and commercialize its Lyme disease vaccine; and Instituto Butantan for the development, manufacturing, and marketing of single-shot chikungunya vaccine. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Saint-Herblain, France.

Valneva Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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47th Percentile Overall Score

VALN MarketRank™: 

Valneva scored higher than 47% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 626th out of 956 stocks in the medical sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Valneva has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Valneva has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

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

    Earnings for Valneva are expected to decrease in the coming year, from $0.15 to ($0.94) per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Valneva is -34.08, 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 Valneva is -34.08, 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

    Valneva has a P/B Ratio of 1.51. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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

    0.06% of the float of Valneva has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Valneva has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Valneva has recently decreased by 12.68%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Valneva does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

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

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.06% of the float of Valneva has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Valneva has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Valneva has recently decreased by 12.68%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Valneva has a news sentiment score of 0.29. 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 0.49 average news sentiment score of Medical companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Valneva this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 1 people have added Valneva to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Valneva insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    14.91% of the stock of Valneva is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    Only 11.39% of the stock of Valneva is held by institutions.

  • Read more about Valneva's insider trading history.
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VALN Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Valneva's stock was trading at $10.37 at the start of the year. Since then, VALN shares have decreased by 57.3% and is now trading at $4.43.
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Valneva (VALN) raised $99 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, May 6th 2021. The company issued 3,500,000 shares at $28.24 per share. Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, Guggenheim Securities and Bryan, Garnier & Co. acted as the underwriters for the IPO.

Top institutional shareholders of Valneva include AlphaCentric Advisors LLC (0.15%).

Shares of VALN 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.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Valneva investors own include Waste Connections (WCN), The RMR Group (RMR), iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC), AUO (AUOTY), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), American Water Works (AWK) and Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM).

Company Calendar

Today
11/24/2024
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2024
Next Earnings (Estimated)
3/19/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Sector
Medical
Industry
Biological products, except diagnostic
Sub-Industry
Pharmaceutical Products
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:VALN
Fax
N/A
Employees
700
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$18.50
High Stock Price Target
$20.00
Low Stock Price Target
$17.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+317.6%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
2 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$-109,780,000.00
Pretax Margin
N/A

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$165.52 million
Book Value
$2.94 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
69,133,000
Market Cap
$359.94 million
Optionable
Not Optionable
Beta
2.17
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This page (NASDAQ:VALN) was last updated on 11/24/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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