Palvella Therapeutics (PVLA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Palvella Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PVLA) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing treatments for patients with serious rare diseases, including conditions that may have limited or no approved therapeutic options.

The company’s development programs are based on its QTORIN 3.0 technology platform, which is designed to deliver medicines locally through topical formulations. Palvella has applied the platform to investigational therapies for rare genetic skin disorders and other localized diseases, with the goal of improving treatment effectiveness while limiting systemic exposure.

Palvella is headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania, and conducts research and development activities aimed at serving rare-disease patients in the United States and other potential international markets. Its product candidates remain subject to clinical testing and regulatory review before they can be marketed broadly.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $156.54 to $176.94
• 50-Day Range: $120.30 to $175.92
• 52-Week Range: $72.22 to $176.94
• Volume: 502,014 shs
• Average Volume: 270,836 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.54 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $213.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Palvella Therapeutics Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Palvella Therapeutics scored higher than 63% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 307th out of 883 stocks in the healthcare sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Palvella Therapeutics has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 12 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Palvella Therapeutics has a consensus price target of $213.00, representing about 21.1% upside from its current price of $175.92.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Palvella Therapeutics has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Decreasing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Palvella Therapeutics are expected to decrease in the coming year, from ($6.36) to ($8.01) per share.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Palvella Therapeutics has a P/B Ratio of 74.54. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

20.18% of the float of Palvella Therapeutics has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Palvella Therapeutics has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.83.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Palvella Therapeutics has recently decreased by 4.62%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Palvella Therapeutics does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Palvella Therapeutics does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.54

News Sentiment

Palvella Therapeutics has a news sentiment score of 0.54. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.38 average news sentiment score of Healthcare companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Palvella Therapeutics this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for PVLA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added Palvella Therapeutics to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Palvella Therapeutics insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $8,756,946.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

17.20% of the stock of Palvella Therapeutics is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

40.11% of the stock of Palvella Therapeutics is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/05/2026
• Today: 11/08/2026
• Stifel 2026 Healthcare Conference 2026: 11/10/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Healthcare
• Industry: Biotechnology
• Sub-Industry: Biotechnology
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:PVLA
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:PVLA
• CIK: 1583648
• Web: www.palvellatx.com
• Phone: (484) 253-1461
• Fax: 49-8161-141-1444
• Employees: 29
• Year Founded: 2015

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Palvella Therapeutics: $213.00
• High Price Target: $250.00
• Low Price Target: $133.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +21.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 15 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($4.83)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$41.72 million
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -44.44%
• Return on Assets: -36.75%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 16.01
• Quick Ratio: 16.01

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $42.81 million
• Price / Sales: 59.22
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $2.36 per share
• Price / Book: 74.54

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 14,410,000
• Free Float: 11,930,000
• Market Cap: $2.54 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: -0.21