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Westaim (WEDXF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$21.63 -0.43 (-1.95%)
As of 04/3/2025 03:52 PM Eastern

About Westaim Stock (OTCMKTS:WEDXF)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$21.63
$22.04
50-Day Range
$20.15
$24.00
52-Week Range
$15.30
$25.98
Volume
20,900 shs
Average Volume
8,736 shs
Market Capitalization
$462.06 million
P/E Ratio
12.43
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
N/A
Consensus Rating
N/A

Company Overview

The Westaim Corporation is a private equity firm specializing in direct and indirect investments through acquisitions, joint ventures, secondary investments both direct and indirect, fund of fund investments, and other arrangements. For direct investments, the firm invests in early venture, mid venture, late venture, middle market, later stage, mature, emerging growth, PIPEs, and buyout transactions. For fund of fund investments, it seeks to invest in private equity funds, venture capital funds, and hedge funds. The firm seeks to provide long term capital to businesses operating in the global financial services industry. It typically acquires controlling interests in businesses. The firm seeks to acquire debt, equity, or derivative securities of both public and private companies. It invests with the objective of providing its shareholders with capital appreciation and real wealth preservation. The firm seeks to provide its portfolio companies with advisory services including, but not limited to, advice on capital allocation, financing strategy, performance measurement and merger and acquisition support. It also seeks to partner with like-minded providers of third party capital to help supplement the firm's own capital, when completing acquisitions. The firm generally seeks to hold its investments for seven to 15 years. The Westaim Corporation was founded in 1996 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

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Westaim Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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23rd Percentile Overall Score

WEDXF MarketRank™: 

Westaim scored higher than 23% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    There is not enough analysis data for Westaim.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Westaim is 12.43, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.22.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Westaim is 12.43, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 73.58.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Westaim has a P/B Ratio of 0.91. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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

    0.01% of the float of Westaim has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Westaim has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Westaim has recently increased by 55.56%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.01% of the float of Westaim has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Westaim has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Westaim has recently increased by 55.56%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Westaim has a news sentiment score of 0.97. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Westaim this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 4.21% of the stock of Westaim is held by insiders.

  • Read more about Westaim's insider trading history.
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WEDXF Stock News Headlines

Short Interest in The Westaim Co. (OTCMKTS:WEDXF) Increases By 55.6%
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WEDXF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Westaim's stock was trading at $3.5801 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, WEDXF stock has increased by 504.2% and is now trading at $21.63.
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The Westaim Co. (OTCMKTS:WEDXF) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, March, 26th. The company reported ($0.99) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.06 by $1.05. The business earned $4.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.70 million. Westaim had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.76% and a net margin of 284.74%.

Shares of WEDXF 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.

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
3/26/2025
Today
4/04/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
5/13/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
OTCMKTS
Industry
Surgical & medical instruments
Sub-Industry
Medical Equipment
Current Symbol
OTCMKTS:WEDXF
Employees
7
Year Founded
N/A

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
12.43
Forward P/E Ratio
N/A
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$183.98 million
Pretax Margin
299.40%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$8.63 million
Cash Flow
$8.22 per share
Price / Cash Flow
2.63
Book Value
$23.72 per share
Price / Book
0.91

Miscellaneous

Free Float
20,463,000
Market Cap
$462.06 million
Optionable
Not Optionable
Beta
0.38
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This page (OTCMKTS:WEDXF) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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