NuCana (NCNA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

NuCana plc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development of medicines to treat patients with cancer. It applies its ProTide technology to transform prescribed chemotherapy agents and nucleoside analogs into medicines. The company, through its technology, is developing ProTides medicines to overcome the limitations of nucleoside analogs and generate much higher concentrations of anti-cancer metabolites in cancer cells. Its pipeline includes NUC-3373, a chemical entity derived from the nucleoside analog 5-fluorouracil that is in Phase 1b/2 study in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, Phase 2 clinical trial for the second-line treatment of patients with advanced colorectal cancer, and Phase 1b/2 modular clinical trial for patients with advanced solid tumors and lung cancer. It is also developing NUC-7738, a ProTide transformation of 3'-deoxyadenosine, which is in the Phase 2 part of a Phase 1/2 clinical trial for patients with advanced solid tumors. The company has an assignment, license, and collaboration agreement with Cardiff ProTides Ltd to discover, drug design, and in vitro screen purine and pyrimidine-based nucleosides as potential drug candidates. The company was formerly known as NuCana BioMed Limited and changed its name to NuCana plc in August 2017. NuCana plc was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $0.04 to $0.04
• 50-Day Range: $0.04 to $0.17
• 52-Week Range: $0.03 to $10.79
• Volume: 121.28 million shs
• Average Volume: 201.83 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $237.73 thousand
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $25.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

NuCana Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

NuCana scored higher than 53% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

NuCana has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

NuCana has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for NuCana are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($13.42) to ($10.52) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of NuCana is -0.01, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of NuCana is -0.01, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

NuCana has a P/B Ratio of 0.03. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

478.95% of the outstanding shares of NuCana have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

NuCana has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in NuCana has recently increased by 542.83%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

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

Dividend Yield

NuCana does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

NuCana does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

478.95% of the outstanding shares of NuCana have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

NuCana has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in NuCana has recently increased by 542.83%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.33

News Sentiment

NuCana has a news sentiment score of -0.33. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.62 average news sentiment score of Medical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for NuCana this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

52 people have searched for NCNA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 49% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

26 people have added NuCana to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 24% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, NuCana insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

31.20% of the stock of NuCana is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

44.00% of the stock of NuCana is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

NCNA Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have NCNA shares performed this year?

NuCana's stock was trading at $1.19 at the start of the year. Since then, NCNA stock has decreased by 96.7% and is now trading at $0.0391.

How were NuCana's earnings last quarter?

NuCana PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:NCNA) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, June, 2nd. The company reported ($0.63) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.01) by $0.62.

When did NuCana's stock split?

NuCana's stock reverse split on the morning of Friday, August 8th 2025.The 1-200 reverse split was announced on Friday, July 11th 2025. The number of shares owned by shareholders will be adjusted after the market closes on Thursday, August 7th 2025. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 1 shares after the split.

When did NuCana IPO?

NuCana (NCNA) raised $100 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, September 28th 2017. The company issued 6,700,000 shares at a price of $14.00-$16.00 per share. Citigroup, Jefferies and Cowen acted as the underwriters for the IPO and William Blair was co-manager.

How do I buy shares of NuCana?

Shares of NCNA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of NuCana own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that NuCana investors own include VBI Vaccines (VBIV), Anavex Life Sciences (AVXL), Sorrento Therapeutics (SRNE), Plug Power (PLUG), SCYNEXIS (SCYX), Allena Pharmaceuticals (ALNA) and CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 6/02/2025
• Today: 8/02/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/13/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Medical
• Industry: MED - BIOMED/GENE
• Sub-Industry: Pharmaceutical Products
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:NCNA
• CIK: 1709626
• Web: www.nucana.com
• Phone: 441313571111
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 30
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for NuCana: $25.00
• High Price Target: $25.00
• Low Price Target: $25.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +63,838.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($7.02)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$24.28 million
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -319.85%
• Return on Assets: -88.55%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.25
• Quick Ratio: 1.25

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $1.34 per share
• Price / Book: 0.03

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 6,080,000
• Free Float: 4,181,000
• Market Cap: $237.73 thousand
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.41