Personalis Inc (NASDAQ: PSNL) has seen a rise in its stock price by 7.08 in relation to its previous close of 4.66. However, the company has experienced a -3.29% decline in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-01-20 that Personalis (PSNL) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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Additionally, the 36-month beta value for PSNL is 1.71. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 3 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 2 rating it as “overweight,” 1 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for PSNL is 35.31M and currently, short sellers hold a 9.99% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of PSNL on February 14, 2025 was 1.09M shares.
PSNL’s Market Performance
PSNL stock saw a decrease of -3.29% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -2.73% and a quarterly a decrease of 1.42%. The volatility ratio for the week is 8.55%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 8.75% for Personalis Inc (PSNL). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -4.69% for PSNL’s stock, with a 28.65% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of PSNL
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for PSNL stocks, with Needham repeating the rating for PSNL by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for PSNL in the upcoming period, according to Needham is $8 based on the research report published on February 06, 2023 of the previous year 2023.
BofA Securities gave a rating of “Buy” to PSNL, setting the target price at $23 in the report published on January 07th of the previous year.
PSNL Trading at -1.60% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought PSNL to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -30.69% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 8.75%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 8.55%, as shares sank -3.48% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +25.69% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, PSNL fell by -3.29%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +294.47% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $5.24. In addition, Personalis Inc saw -13.67% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at PSNL starting from Tachibana Aaron, who sale 708 shares at the price of $5.79 back on Jan 28 ’25. After this action, Tachibana Aaron now owns 166,390 shares of Personalis Inc, valued at $4,099 using the latest closing price.
Chen Richard, the CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND EVP of Personalis Inc, sale 519 shares at $5.79 during a trade that took place back on Jan 28 ’25, which means that Chen Richard is holding 123,367 shares at $3,005 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for PSNL
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.8 for the present operating margin
- 0.31 for the gross margin
The net margin for Personalis Inc stands at -1.05. The total capital return value is set at -0.34. Equity return is now at value -57.52, with -39.20 for asset returns.
Based on Personalis Inc (PSNL), the company’s capital structure generated 0.21 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -1.12. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.27. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -2061.38.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -96.81 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.38. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.7. The receivables turnover for the company is 6.49for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.36. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 4.62.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Personalis Inc (PSNL) has seen mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it 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.
