Prelude Therapeutics Stock Analysis

PRLD Stock  USD 1.05  0.03  2.94%   
Prelude Therapeutics is undervalued with Real Value of 2.02 and Target Price of 5.0. The main objective of Prelude Therapeutics stock analysis is to determine its intrinsic value, which is an estimate of what Prelude Therapeutics is worth, separate from its market price. There are two main types of Prelude Therapeutics' stock analysis: fundamental analysis and technical analysis.
The Prelude Therapeutics stock is traded in the USA on NASDAQ Exchange, with the market opening at 09:30:00 and closing at 16:00:00 every Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri except for officially observed holidays in the USA. Here, you can get updates on important government artifacts, including earning estimates, SEC corporate filings, announcements, and Prelude Therapeutics' ongoing operational relationships across important fundamental and technical indicators.
  
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Prelude Stock Analysis Notes

About 85.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors. The company has price-to-book ratio of 0.36. Typically companies with comparable Price to Book (P/B) are able to outperform the market in the long run. Prelude Therapeutics recorded a loss per share of 1.82. The entity had not issued any dividends in recent years. Prelude Therapeutics Incorporated, a clinical-stage precision oncology company, focuses on the discovery and development of novel precision cancer medicines to underserved patients. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. Prelude Therapeutics operates under Biotechnology classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. It employs 112 people. To find out more about Prelude Therapeutics contact Krishna DVM at 302 467 1280 or learn more at https://preludetx.com.

Prelude Therapeutics Investment Alerts

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Prelude Therapeutics generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days
Prelude Therapeutics has high historical volatility and very poor performance
Prelude Therapeutics has some characteristics of a very speculative penny stock
Prelude Therapeutics has high likelihood to experience some financial distress in the next 2 years
Net Loss for the year was (121.83 M) with profit before overhead, payroll, taxes, and interest of 3 M.
Prelude Therapeutics currently holds about 246.3 M in cash with (107.06 M) of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 5.19, which can makes it an attractive takeover target, given it will continue generating positive cash flow.
Prelude Therapeutics has a frail financial position based on the latest SEC disclosures
Over 85.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors
Latest headline from MacroaxisInsider: Acquisition by Vaddi Krishna of 5000 shares of Prelude Therapeutics at 1.2087 subject to Rule 16b-3

Prelude Therapeutics Upcoming and Recent Events

20th of March 2024
Upcoming Quarterly Report
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13th of May 2024
Next Financial Report
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31st of December 2023
Next Fiscal Quarter End
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20th of March 2024
Next Fiscal Year End
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30th of September 2023
Last Quarter Report
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31st of December 2022
Last Financial Announcement
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Prelude Largest EPS Surprises

Earnings surprises can significantly impact Prelude Therapeutics' stock price both in the short term and over time. Negative earnings surprises usually result in a price decline. However, it has been seen that positive earnings surprises lead to an immediate rise in a stock's price and a gradual increase over time. This is why we often hear news about some companies beating earning projections. Financial analysts spend a large amount of time predicting earnings per share (EPS) along with other important future indicators. Many analysts use forecasting models, management guidance, and additional fundamental information to derive an EPS estimate.
Reported
Fiscal Date
Estimated EPS
Reported EPS
Surprise
2021-05-11
2021-03-31-0.42-0.47-0.0511 
2024-05-07
2024-03-31-0.48-0.420.0612 
2023-08-03
2023-06-30-0.63-0.540.0914 
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Prelude Stock Institutional Investors

Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Marshall Wace Asset Management Ltd2024-09-30
359.1 K
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts2024-09-30
323.7 K
State Street Corp2024-09-30
286 K
T. Rowe Price Investment Management,inc.2024-09-30
281.6 K
Renaissance Technologies Corp2024-09-30
196.9 K
Bridgeway Capital Management, Llc2024-09-30
176.1 K
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc.2024-09-30
175 K
Td Asset Management Inc2024-09-30
160.7 K
Millennium Management Llc2024-09-30
160.5 K
Orbimed Advisors, Llc2024-09-30
10.9 M
Baker Bros Advisors Lp2024-09-30
10.1 M
Note, although Prelude Therapeutics' institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Prelude Market Capitalization

The company currently falls under 'Micro-Cap' category with a current market capitalization of 56.14 M.

Prelude Profitablity

Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Return On Tangible Assets(0.39)(0.41)
Return On Capital Employed(0.47)(0.49)
Return On Assets(0.39)(0.41)
Return On Equity(0.59)(0.56)

Management Efficiency

Prelude Therapeutics has return on total asset (ROA) of (0.3929) % which means that it has lost $0.3929 on every $100 spent on assets. This is way below average. Similarly, it shows a return on stockholder's equity (ROE) of (0.6664) %, meaning that it created substantial loss on money invested by shareholders. Prelude Therapeutics' management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Prelude Therapeutics manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities. As of January 18, 2025, Return On Tangible Assets is expected to decline to -0.41. In addition to that, Return On Capital Employed is expected to decline to -0.49. At present, Prelude Therapeutics' Other Current Assets are projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Other Assets is expected to grow to about 11.4 M, whereas Net Tangible Assets are forecasted to decline to about 136.7 M.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Book Value Per Share 3.54  2.22 
Tangible Book Value Per Share 3.54  2.22 
Enterprise Value Over EBITDA(1.71)(1.80)
Price Book Value Ratio 0.98  1.03 
Enterprise Value Multiple(1.71)(1.80)
Price Fair Value 0.98  1.03 
Enterprise Value286.7 M272.4 M
The decision-making processes within Prelude Therapeutics are key to its success in a competitive market. By evaluating these processes, we assess the stock's potential for future gains.
Operating Margin
(11.46)
Beta
1.546
Return On Assets
(0.39)
Return On Equity
(0.67)

Technical Drivers

As of the 18th of January 2025, Prelude Therapeutics holds the Coefficient Of Variation of (1,199), variance of 62.3, and Risk Adjusted Performance of (0.06). Compared to fundamental indicators, the technical analysis model allows you to check existing technical drivers of Prelude Therapeutics, as well as the relationship between them. Please check Prelude Therapeutics coefficient of variation, treynor ratio, as well as the relationship between the Treynor Ratio and skewness to decide if Prelude Therapeutics is priced some-what accurately, providing market reflects its current price of 1.05 per share. Given that Prelude Therapeutics is a hitting penny stock territory we advise to closely look at its jensen alpha.

Prelude Therapeutics Price Movement Analysis

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Prelude Therapeutics Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific Prelude Therapeutics insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on Prelude Therapeutics' material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases Prelude Therapeutics insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.
 
Vaddi Krishna over two weeks ago
Acquisition by Vaddi Krishna of 5000 shares of Prelude Therapeutics at 1.2087 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Vaddi Krishna over two weeks ago
Acquisition by Vaddi Krishna of 10000 shares of Prelude Therapeutics at 1.2 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Andrew Combs over three weeks ago
Acquisition by Andrew Combs of 60000 shares of Prelude Therapeutics at 1.3667 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Vaddi Krishna over three weeks ago
Acquisition by Vaddi Krishna of 6888 shares of Prelude Therapeutics at 0.8879 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Vaddi Krishna over a month ago
Acquisition by Vaddi Krishna of 100000 shares of Prelude Therapeutics at 0.9321 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Huang Jane over two months ago
Disposition of 9375 shares by Huang Jane of Prelude Therapeutics subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Babler Martin over three months ago
Acquisition by Babler Martin of 31293 shares of Prelude Therapeutics at 4.74 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Huang Jane over six months ago
Disposition of 3347 shares by Huang Jane of Prelude Therapeutics at 3.6 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Huang Jane over six months ago
Disposition of 3347 shares by Huang Jane of Prelude Therapeutics at 3.6 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Huang Jane over six months ago
Disposition of 3242 shares by Huang Jane of Prelude Therapeutics at 4.65 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Lim Bryant David over six months ago
Acquisition by Lim Bryant David of 25000 shares of Prelude TherapeuticsInc at 3.86 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Huang Jane over six months ago
Disposition of 9375 shares by Huang Jane of Prelude TherapeuticsInc subject to Rule 16b-3

Prelude Therapeutics Outstanding Bonds

Prelude Therapeutics issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. Prelude Therapeutics uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most Prelude bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Prelude Therapeutics has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

Prelude Therapeutics Predictive Daily Indicators

Prelude Therapeutics intraday indicators are useful technical analysis tools used by many experienced traders. Just like the conventional technical analysis, daily indicators help intraday investors to analyze the price movement with the timing of Prelude Therapeutics stock daily movement. By combining multiple daily indicators into a single trading strategy, you can limit your risk while still earning strong returns on your managed positions.

Prelude Therapeutics Forecast Models

Prelude Therapeutics' time-series forecasting models are one of many Prelude Therapeutics' stock analysis techniques aimed at predicting future share value based on previously observed values. Time-series forecasting models ae widely used for non-stationary data. Non-stationary data are called the data whose statistical properties e.g. the mean and standard deviation are not constant over time but instead, these metrics vary over time. These non-stationary Prelude Therapeutics' historical data is usually called time-series. Some empirical experimentation suggests that the statistical forecasting models outperform the models based exclusively on fundamental analysis to predict the direction of the market movement and maximize returns from investment trading.

About Prelude Stock Analysis

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Last ReportedProjected for Next Year

Current Prelude Analysis - Recommendations

We track the performance of the top 100 financial experts across various large and mid-size financial boutiques. Prelude analyst recommendations are determined by taking all analyst recommendations and averaging them as Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Strong Sell or Sell. There is no one specific way to measure analysis performance other than comparing it to the past results via a very sophisticated attribution analysis. Prelude analyst consensus and target price projections should be used in combination with other traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, earnings estimate, and various momentum models.
Target PriceAdvice# of Analysts
5.0Buy5Odds
Prelude Therapeutics current and past analyst recommendations published by a number of research institutions as well as average analyst consensus.
Most Prelude analysts issue ratings four times a year, at intervals of three months. Ratings are usually accompanied by a target price to helps potential investors understand Prelude stock's fair price compared to its market value. Analysts arrive at stock ratings after researching public financial statements of Prelude Therapeutics, talking to its executives and customers, or listening to Prelude conference calls.
Prelude Analyst Advice Details

Prelude Stock Analysis Indicators

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Begin Period Cash Flow34.6 M
Common Stock Shares Outstanding60.4 M
Total Stockholder Equity237.1 M
Property Plant And Equipment Net37.7 M
Cash And Short Term Investments232.9 M
Cash25.3 M
Accounts Payable4.6 M
Net Debt-8.4 M
50 Day M A1.0815
Total Current Liabilities21.8 M
Other Operating Expenses132.3 M
Non Current Assets Total42.1 M
Non Currrent Assets Other4.3 M
Stock Based Compensation25.6 M

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