Some Investing Thoughts On Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: BCRX)

Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc (BCRX) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $11.04, with 3.95 million shares of worth about $43.65 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 47.20% during that period and on June 04, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -1.34%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 209.21M shares, out of which, 200.47M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of 4.55% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 0.09%. Year-to-date (YTD), BCRX shares are showing a performance of 46.81% which increased to 70.90% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $5.92 but also hit the highest price of $11.24 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc shares is 4.60 million. The stock is currently trading 5.97% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 24.59% for SMA50 and it goes to 36.23% higher than SMA200.

Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: BCRX) currently have 209.21M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 84.36% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $2.31B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.10. It has posted earnings per share of -$0.26 in the same period. It has Quick Ratio of 2.88. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for BCRX, volatility over the week remained 2.61% while standing at 2.31% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 132.67% while it is estimated to increase by 180.11% in next year.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Cantor Fitzgerald on April 29, 2025 offering an Overweight rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $20 to it. Coverage by Wedbush stated Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc (BCRX) stock as an Outperform in their note to investors on February 25, 2025, suggesting a price target of $15 for the stock. On November 20, 2023, JP Morgan Resumed their recommendations, while on September 18, 2023, RBC Capital Mkts Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $10. Stock get a Buy rating from Jefferies on August 04, 2023.

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