The stock of Atea Pharmaceuticals Inc (AVIR) has seen a 9.49% increase in the past week, with a -5.36% drop in the past month, and a -9.64% decrease in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.58%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 6.23% for AVIR. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 2.32% for AVIR’s stock, with a -9.88% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Atea Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: AVIR) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.19. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 1 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for AVIR is 67.52M, and at present, short sellers hold a 4.46% of that float. On April 17, 2025, the average trading volume of AVIR was 315.09K shares.
AVIR) stock’s latest price update
Atea Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: AVIR)’s stock price has gone rise by 6.38 in comparison to its previous close of 2.82, however, the company has experienced a 9.49% increase in its stock price over the last five trading days. globenewswire.com reported 2025-04-09 that Regimen has Potential Best-in-Class Profile with Short Treatment Duration, Low Risk for Drug-Drug Interactions and Convenience with No Food Effect
Analysts’ Opinion of AVIR
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for AVIR stocks, with Morgan Stanley repeating the rating for AVIR by listing it as a “Equal-Weight.” The predicted price for AVIR in the upcoming period, according to Morgan Stanley is $6.88 based on the research report published on August 13, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Morgan Stanley gave a rating of “Underweight” to AVIR, setting the target price at $7 in the report published on January 06th of the previous year.
AVIR Trading at -0.36% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought AVIR to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -27.62% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 6.23%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 6.58%, as shares sank -5.36% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +1.01% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, AVIR rose by +9.49%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -9.37% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $2.93. In addition, Atea Pharmaceuticals Inc saw -10.45% 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 AVIR starting from BERGER FRANKLIN M, who sale 359,606 shares at the price of $2.85 back on Dec 10 ’24. After this action, BERGER FRANKLIN M now owns 451,897 shares of Atea Pharmaceuticals Inc, valued at $1,023,475 using the latest closing price.
Franklin Berger, the Lead Independent Director of Atea Pharmaceuticals Inc, proposed sale 359,606 shares at $2.85 during a trade that took place back on Dec 10 ’24, which means that Franklin Berger is holding shares at $1,023,475 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for AVIR
The total capital return value is set at -0.43. Equity return is now at value -33.88, with -31.78 for asset returns.
Based on Atea Pharmaceuticals Inc (AVIR), the company’s capital structure generated 0.0 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -82.52.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -192.95 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.33. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 24.85.
Conclusion
To sum up, Atea Pharmaceuticals Inc (AVIR) 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.
