What Is Heron Therapeutics Inc’s (HRTX) Share Price Doing?

Heron Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:HRTX), a biotechnology company based in United States, saw significant share price volatility over the past couple of months on the NasdaqCM, rising to the highs of $17.1 and falling to the lows of $14.65. This high level of volatility gives investors the opportunity to enter into the stock, and potentially buy at an artificially low price. A question to answer is whether HRTX’s current trading price of $16.05 reflective of the actual value of the small-cap? Or is it currently undervalued, providing us with the opportunity to buy? Let’s take a look at HRTX’s outlook and value based on the most recent financial data to see if there are any catalysts for a price change. Check out our latest analysis for Heron Therapeutics

Is HRTX still cheap?

According to my valuation model, HRTX seems to be fairly priced at around 5% below my intrinsic value, which means if you buy HRTX today, you’d be paying a reasonable price for it. And if you believe HRTX’s true value is $16.88, then there’s not much of an upside to gain from mispricing. Although, there may be an opportunity to buy in the future. This is because HRTX’s beta (a measure of share price volatility) is high, meaning its price movements will be exaggerated relative to the rest of the market. If the market is bearish, HRTX’s shares will likely fall by more than the rest of the market, providing a prime buying opportunity.

Can we expect growth from HRTX?

NasdaqCM:HRTX Future Profit Nov 6th 17
NasdaqCM:HRTX Future Profit Nov 6th 17

Investors looking for growth in their portfolio may want to consider the prospects of a company before buying its shares. Buying a great company with a robust outlook at a cheap price is always a good investment, so let’s also take a look at HRTX future expectations. With profit expected to grow by 77.03% over the next couple of years, the future seems bright for HRTX. It looks like higher cash flows is on the cards for the stock, which should feed into a higher share valuation.

What this means for you:

Are you a shareholder? HRTX’s optimistic future growth appears to have been factored into the current share price, with shares trading around its fair value. However, there are also other important factors which we haven’t considered today, such as the financial strength of the company. Have these factors changed since the last time you looked at HRTX? Will you have enough confidence to invest in the company should the price drop below its fair value?

Are you a potential investor? If you’ve been keeping tabs on HRTX, now may not be the most advantageous time to buy, given it is trading around its fair value. However, the optimistic prospect is encouraging for HRTX, which means it’s worth further examining other factors such as the strength of its balance sheet, in order to take advantage of the next price drop.

Price is just the tip of the iceberg. Dig deeper into what truly matters – the fundamentals – before you make a decision on Heron Therapeutics. You can find everything you need to know about HRTX in the latest infographic research report. If you are no longer interested in Heron Therapeutics, you can use our free platform to see my list of over 50 other stocks with a high growth potential.


To help readers see pass the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price sensitive company announcements.

The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned.

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