The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.55. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 1 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for DRRX is 27.69M, and at present, short sellers hold a 2.94% of that float. On April 10, 2025, the average trading volume of DRRX was 51.35K shares.
DRRX) stock’s latest price update
Durect Corp (NASDAQ: DRRX) has experienced a decline in its stock price by -10.83 compared to its previous closing price of 0.80. However, the company has seen a fall of -11.93% in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-03-26 that DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call March 26, 2025 4:30 PM ET Company Participants Tim Papp – Chief Financial Officer Jim Brown – Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President, Director Norman Sussman – Chief Medical Officer WeiQi Lin – Executive Vice President, Research & Development and Principal Scientist Conference Call Participants François Brisebois – Oppenheimer & Company Karl Burns – Northland Capital Markets Thomas Yip – H.C. Wainwright Operator Greetings and welcome to the DURECT Corporation Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2024 Earnings Conference Call.
DRRX’s Market Performance
DRRX’s stock has fallen by -11.93% in the past week, with a monthly drop of -12.83% and a quarterly drop of -18.00%. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.37% while the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 4.94% for Durect Corp The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -11.58% for DRRX’s stock, with a -36.02% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of DRRX
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for DRRX stocks, with Chardan Capital Markets repeating the rating for DRRX by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for DRRX in the upcoming period, according to Chardan Capital Markets is $7 based on the research report published on October 30, 2020 of the previous year 2020.
Oppenheimer gave a rating of “Outperform” to DRRX, setting the target price at $7 in the report published on July 31st of the previous year.
DRRX Trading at -9.80% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought DRRX to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -62.05% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 4.94%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 6.37%, as shares sank -10.83% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -14.14% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, DRRX fell by -11.93%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -52.75% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $0.8068. In addition, Durect Corp saw -4.88% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Stock Fundamentals for DRRX
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -9.31 for the present operating margin
- 0.96 for the gross margin
The net margin for Durect Corp stands at -4.1. The total capital return value is set at -1.78. Equity return is now at value -145.04, with -54.59 for asset returns.
Based on Durect Corp (DRRX), the company’s capital structure generated 0.19 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -8.65.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -18.91 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.47. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 6.57. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.48for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.11. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.71.
Conclusion
To sum up, Durect Corp (DRRX) 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.
