Burcon NutraScience (BU) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Burcon NutraScience Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops plant proteins and ingredients for use in the food and beverage industries in Canada. The company offers Peazazz and Peazac, a pea protein for use in dairy alternatives, ready-to-drink beverages, dry blended beverages, bars, baked goods, and meat substitute products. It provides Puratein, a canola protein isolate for use in meat alternatives, such as burgers, sausages, and nutrition bars; Supertein, a canola protein that is a light-colored powder for use in non-dairy frozen desserts, egg alternative, plant-based marshmallows and ready-to-mix beverages, whipped toppings, and plant-based bars; and Nutratein, a canola protein comprising a mixture of globulin and albumin proteins for use in meat and egg alternatives, and other plant-based functional foods. In addition, the company offers Nutratein-PS, a blend of Peazazz pea protein and Supertein canola protein; Nutratein-TZ, a blend of Peazac pea protein and Puratein canola protein; and CLARISOY, a soy protein for use in sports nutrition beverages, citrus-based drinks, fruit-flavored beverages, lemonades, powdered beverage mixes, and non-beverage plant-based products. The company was formerly known as Burcon Capital Corp. and changed its name to Burcon NutraScience Corporation in October 1999. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$0.13 to C$0.14
• 50-Day Range: C$0.12 to C$0.18
• 52-Week Range: C$0.11 to C$0.35
• Volume: 230,100 shs
• Average Volume: 40,313 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$19.89 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 4.45%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

BU Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have BU shares performed this year?

Burcon NutraScience's stock was trading at C$0.22 at the start of the year. Since then, BU shares have decreased by 36.4% and is now trading at C$0.14.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Burcon NutraScience own?

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Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Consumer Defensive
• Industry: Packaged Foods
• Sub-Industry: Food Products
• Current Symbol: TSE:BU
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.burcon.ca
• Phone: +1-604-7330896
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 20
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): C($0.21)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 410.56
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: C$-7,400,000.00
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -159.36%
• Return on Assets: -39.22%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 187.90
• Current Ratio: 5.63
• Quick Ratio: 1.71

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$324,553.00
• Price / Sales: 61.30
• Cash Flow: C$0.00 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 39.00
• Book Value: C$0.03 per share
• Price / Book: 4.67

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 142,100,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$19.89 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 2.90