In the past week, LCTX stock has gone down by -9.02%, with a monthly gain of 0.17% and a quarterly surge of 25.21%. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.75%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 8.33% for Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -5.54% for LCTX stock, with a simple moving average of -22.99% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc (AMEX: LCTX) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 1.26. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 4 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 2 as “overweight,” 1 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for LCTX is 219.45M, and at present, short sellers hold a 9.82% of that float. On February 27, 2025, the average trading volume of LCTX was 2.04M shares.
LCTX) stock’s latest price update
Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc (AMEX: LCTX)’s stock price has plunge by 0.71relation to previous closing price of 0.63. Nevertheless, the company has seen a -9.02% plunge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. 247wallst.com reported 2025-02-02 that Since the beginning of the year, the number of notable insider purchases has been lower than usual.
Analysts’ Opinion of LCTX
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for LCTX stocks, with Craig Hallum repeating the rating for LCTX by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for LCTX in the upcoming period, according to Craig Hallum is $4 based on the research report published on August 20, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Robert W. Baird, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see LCTX reach a price target of $5. The rating they have provided for LCTX stocks is “Outperform” according to the report published on November 02nd, 2022.
B. Riley Securities gave a rating of “Buy” to LCTX, setting the target price at $4 in the report published on June 14th of the previous year.
LCTX Trading at 4.73% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought LCTX to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -60.81% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 8.33%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 6.75%, as shares surge +4.56% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +21.15% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, LCTX fell by -9.16%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -46.61% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $0.6679. In addition, Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc saw 25.56% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at LCTX starting from BROADWOOD PARTNERS, L.P., who purchase 7,894,737 shares at the price of $0.76 back on Jan 27 ’25. After this action, BROADWOOD PARTNERS, L.P. now owns 49,560,992 shares of Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc, valued at $6,000,000 using the latest closing price.
Howe Jill Ann, the Chief Financial Officer of Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc, purchase 15,000 shares at $0.59 during a trade that took place back on Nov 26 ’24, which means that Howe Jill Ann is holding 25,500 shares at $8,850 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for LCTX
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -2.61 for the present operating margin
- 0.91 for the gross margin
The net margin for Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc stands at -2.31. The total capital return value is set at -0.27. Equity return is now at value -29.95, with -19.84 for asset returns.
Based on Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc (LCTX), the company’s capital structure generated 0.04 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -8.28. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.04. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -52.25.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -24.04 million with net debt to EBITDA at 1.22. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 12.9. The receivables turnover for the company is 21.53for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.09. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.48.
Conclusion
To sum up, Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc (LCTX) has seen a mixed 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.
