Heatwurx (PCSA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, develops chemotherapy drugs to improve the safety and efficacy of cancer treatment. Its drugs are modifications of existing FDA-approved oncology drugs resulting in an alteration of the metabolism and/or distribution of drugs while maintaining the existing mechanisms of killing the cancer cells. The company's pipeline includes three chemotherapy drugs comprising Gemcitabine, PCS3117 that has completed Phase 2a clinical trials to treat pancreatic, biliary tract, lung, ovarian, breast, and other cancers; Capecitabine, a combination of PCS6422 and capecitabine that has completed Phase 1b clinical trials to treat metastatic colorectal, gastrointestinal, breast, pancreatic, and other cancers; and Irinotecan, PCS11T that is in pre-clinical studies to treat lung, colorectal, gastrointestinal, pancreatic, and other cancers. It also develops non-oncology drugs consisting of PCS12852 for treatment of gastroparesis; and PCS499 to treat patients with ulcerative and non-ulcerative necrobiosis lipoidica. The company has license agreements with Elion Oncology, Inc.; Ocuphire Pharma, Inc.; Aposense, Ltd.; Yuhan Corporation; and CoNCERT Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Hanover, Maryland.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $0.20 to $0.21
• 50-Day Range: $0.17 to $0.24
• 52-Week Range: $0.15 to $1.50
• Volume: 1.85 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.57 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $10.73 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $1.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Heatwurx Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Heatwurx scored higher than 55% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 470th out of 941 stocks in the medical sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Heatwurx has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Heatwurx has a consensus price target of $1.00, representing about 369.0% upside from its current price of $0.21.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Heatwurx has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

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

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Heatwurx are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($4.05) to ($2.16) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Heatwurx is -0.09, 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 Heatwurx is -0.09, 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

Heatwurx has a P/B Ratio of 0.46. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.81% of the outstanding shares of Heatwurx have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Heatwurx has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Heatwurx has recently increased by 59.81%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

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

Dividend Yield

Heatwurx does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

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

Sustainability and ESG

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.81% of the outstanding shares of Heatwurx have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Heatwurx has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Heatwurx has recently increased by 59.81%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.50

News Sentiment

Heatwurx has a news sentiment score of -0.50. 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 0.53 average news sentiment score of Medical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Heatwurx this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

25 people have searched for PCSA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 213% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 2.40% of the stock of Heatwurx is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

91.93% of the stock of Heatwurx is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

PCSA Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have PCSA shares performed this year?

Heatwurx's stock was trading at $0.8838 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, PCSA stock has decreased by 75.9% and is now trading at $0.2132.

How were Heatwurx's earnings last quarter?

Heatwurx Inc. (NASDAQ:PCSA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 7th. The company reported ($0.25) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.23) by $0.02.

When did Heatwurx's stock split?

Shares of Heatwurx reverse split before market open on Monday, January 22nd 2024.The 1-20 reverse split was announced on Monday, January 22nd 2024. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the market closes on Monday, January 22nd 2024. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 5 shares after the split.

How do I buy shares of Heatwurx?

Shares of PCSA 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 Heatwurx own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Heatwurx investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), CymaBay Therapeutics (CBAY), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Arista Networks (ANET), Jabil (JBL) and Builders FirstSource (BLDR).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/07/2025
• Today: 10/05/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Medical
• Industry: MED - DRUGS
• Sub-Industry: Pharmaceutical Products
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:PCSA
• CIK: 1533743
• Web: www.processapharmaceuticals.com
• Phone: (443) 776-3133
• Fax: 443-288-4420
• Employees: 20
• Year Founded: 2017

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Heatwurx: $1.00
• High Price Target: $1.00
• Low Price Target: $1.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +369.0%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($2.32)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$11.85 million
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -342.36%
• Return on Assets: -243.48%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 3.45
• Quick Ratio: 3.45

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $0.46 per share
• Price / Book: 0.46

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 50,350,000
• Free Float: 49,141,000
• Market Cap: $10.73 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.53