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vTv Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VTVT) Stock Price Up 3.3% - Time to Buy?

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Key Points

  • Shares of vTv Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VTVT) increased by 3.3%, trading at $21.30, despite a 51% decline in average daily volume from 4,400 shares.
  • Analysts have mixed views, with HC Wainwright maintaining a "buy" rating and a price target of $36.00, while Weiss Ratings has issued a "sell" rating.
  • The company reported a loss of $0.92 earnings per share, missing the consensus estimate, and has a market cap of approximately $83.92 million.
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Shares of vTv Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:VTVT - Get Free Report) rose 3.3% on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $21.20 and last traded at $21.30. Approximately 2,162 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 51% from the average daily volume of 4,400 shares. The stock had previously closed at $20.61.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently commented on VTVT. HC Wainwright reissued a "buy" rating and set a $36.00 price objective on shares of vTv Therapeutics in a report on Wednesday, August 13th. Weiss Ratings reissued a "sell (d-)" rating on shares of vTv Therapeutics in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $35.50.

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vTv Therapeutics Price Performance

The firm has a market cap of $83.92 million, a PE ratio of -6.83 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $19.75 and a 200-day simple moving average of $18.23.

vTv Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VTVT - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 12th. The biotechnology company reported ($0.92) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.85) by ($0.07).

Institutional Trading of vTv Therapeutics

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in vTv Therapeutics stock. Connective Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in vTv Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:VTVT - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 9,377 shares of the biotechnology company's stock, valued at approximately $162,000. Connective Capital Management LLC owned 0.29% of vTv Therapeutics at the end of the most recent quarter. Institutional investors own 17.51% of the company's stock.

About vTv Therapeutics

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vTv Therapeutics Inc, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of orally administered treatments for metabolic and inflammatory diseases. The company's lead drug candidate is cadisegliatin (TTP399), an orally administered small molecule and liver-selective glucokinase activator that is in Phase III clinical trial for treating type 1 and type 2 diabetes; and TTP273, an orally available small molecule glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists that is in Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of cystic fibrosis related diabetes, as well as in Phase II trial for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

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