ImmuPharma (LON:IMM) Trading Up 9.5% - Still a Buy?

Key Points

• ImmuPharma shares increased by 9.5% during mid-day trading, reaching a high of GBX 14.20 ($0.19) after a significant increase in trading volume, which surged by 176% compared to the average daily volume.
• The company's latest earnings report showed a negative earnings per share (EPS) of GBX (0.38) and analysts predict a steep EPS of -339.0000022 for the current year.
• ImmuPharma focuses on developing peptide-based therapeutics for autoimmune diseases, with its lead program, P140 (Lupuzor™), targeting the treatment of Lupus.

ImmuPharma plc (LON:IMM - Get Free Report) shares traded up 9.5% during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as GBX 14.20 ($0.19) and last traded at GBX 12.10 ($0.16). 23,646,498 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 176% from the average session volume of 8,583,096 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 11.05 ($0.15).

ImmuPharma Stock Performance

The stock has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 4.66 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 3.39. The company has a market cap of £60.47 million, a P/E ratio of -1,359.55 and a beta of 1.53.

ImmuPharma (LON:IMM - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 6th. The company reported GBX (0.38) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. ImmuPharma had a negative return on equity of 131.41% and a net margin of 3,519.56%. As a group, equities research analysts predict that ImmuPharma plc will post -339.0000022 earnings per share for the current year.

ImmuPharma Company Profile

ImmuPharma PLC LSE AIM: IMM is a specialty biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops peptide-based therapeutics. The Company's portfolio includes novel peptide therapeutics for autoimmune diseases and anti-infectives. The lead program, P140 (Lupuzor™), is a first-in class autophagy immunomodulator for the treatment of Lupus and preclinical analysis suggest therapeutic activity for many other autoimmune diseases that share the same autophagy mechanism of action.

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