After Hours
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours.
Stocks Info
This NASDAQ-listed company operates within the Diagnostics & Research industry segment, falling under the Healthcare sector. The current market capitalization of Veracyte Inc is $3.38B. A total of 0.63 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 803.12K shares.
In the most recent transaction, REBECCA CHAMBERS bought 7,527 shares of VCYT for 44.12 per share on Dec 03 ’24. In a previous transaction on Dec 03 ’24, JOHN LEITE bought 1,050 shares at 44.12 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Wygant Jonathan disposed of 5,032 shares on Nov 27 ’24 at a per-share price of $42.89. This resulted in the VP, Chief Accounting Officer holding 42,313 shares of VCYT after the transaction. In another insider transaction, EASTHAM KARIN sold 14,731 shares at $38.34 per share on Nov 19 ’24. Company shares held by the Director now total 18,497.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, VCYT has a high of $44.45 and a low of $18.61.
As of this writing, VCYT has an earnings estimate of $0.26 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 10.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.3 per share and a lower estimate of $0.12. The company reported an EPS of $-0.39 in the last quarter
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects. VCYT’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $177.16M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $18.85M in debt and $64.15M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $15.18, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $1.10B.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for VCYT is Buy with a score of 4.25.
