Jaguar Health Inc (NASDAQ: JAGX)’s stock price has gone rise by 0.85 in comparison to its previous close of 1.16, however, the company has experienced a -17.03% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading days. accesswire.com reported 2024-07-31 that New patent issued for core rare disease target indication for crofelemer Jaguar has approximately 200 patents issued and pending Jaguar is supporting investigator-initiated proof-of-concept studies of crofelemer for the rare disease indications of short bowel syndrome (SBS) and microvillus inclusion disease (MVID), an ultrarare CDD, in the US, EU, and Middle East/North Africa regions, with proof-of-concept results expected before the end of 2024 and throughout 2025 SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / July 31, 2024 / Napo Pharmaceuticals (Napo), a Jaguar Health (NASDAQ:JAGX) (Jaguar) family company, today announced that the European Patent Office has issued a new patent to Napo for methods of preventing, ameliorating and/or treating diarrhea associated with congenital diarrheal disorders (CDDs) using a proanthocyanidin polymer composition such as crofelemer, Napo’s novel plant-based prescription drug. “We are very happy that this patent has been issued and believe that it further enhances our intellectual property protection for crofelemer for our core rare disease target indication of MVID, an ultrarare CDD,” said Lisa Conte, Jaguar’s founder, president, and CEO.
Is It Worth Investing in Jaguar Health Inc (NASDAQ: JAGX) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.94. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
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The public float for JAGX is 4.18M, and at present, short sellers hold a 6.83% of that float. On July 31, 2024, the average trading volume of JAGX was 1.08M shares.
JAGX’s Market Performance
JAGX’s stock has seen a -17.03% decrease for the week, with a -66.38% drop in the past month and a -90.92% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 13.04%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 11.75% for Jaguar Health Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -63.41% for JAGX’s stock, with a -87.66% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of JAGX
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for JAGX stocks, with Cantor Fitzgerald repeating the rating for JAGX by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for JAGX in the upcoming period, according to Cantor Fitzgerald is $5 based on the research report published on July 07, 2021 of the previous year 2021.
Rodman & Renshaw, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see JAGX reach a price target of $2. The rating they have provided for JAGX stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on July 11th, 2017.
JAGX Trading at -71.97% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought JAGX to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -97.05% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 11.75%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 13.04%, as shares sank -65.54% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -92.42% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, JAGX fell by -16.67%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -94.47% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $3.0853. In addition, Jaguar Health Inc saw -87.12% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Stock Fundamentals for JAGX
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -3.18 for the present operating margin
- 0.67 for the gross margin
The net margin for Jaguar Health Inc stands at -3.78. The total capital return value is set at -0.86. Equity return is now at value -351.06, with -68.24 for asset returns.
Based on Jaguar Health Inc (JAGX), the company’s capital structure generated 0.69 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.93. The debt to equity ratio resting at 2.25. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -6.71.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -31.53 million with net debt to EBITDA at -0.73. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.71. The receivables turnover for the company is 5.92for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.18. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.89.
Conclusion
To sum up, Jaguar Health Inc (JAGX) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
