Exicure Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

XCUR Stock  USD 31.99  4.30  15.53%   
Given the investment horizon of 90 days and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Exicure is 'Cautious Hold'. A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell Exicure given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards Exicure. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for Exicure, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

Execute Advice
Sell ExicureBuy Exicure
Cautious Hold

Market Performance

SolidDetails

Volatility

Very riskyDetails

Hype Condition

Over hypedDetails

Current Valuation

OvervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

AverageDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Hyperactively responds to market trendsDetails

Investor Sentiment

ImpartialDetails

Analyst Consensus

Strong BuyDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

PoorDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Unlikely ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon Exicure has a Mean Deviation of 13.67, Semi Deviation of 6.45, Standard Deviation of 21.19, Variance of 449.08, Downside Variance of 65.22 and Semi Variance of 41.64
Our advice module can be used to complement Exicure investment recommendation provided by average analyst sentiment. It analyzes the company's potential to grow using fundamental, technical, data market data available at the time. To make sure Exicure is not overpriced, please confirm all Exicure fundamentals, including its current ratio, and the relationship between the ebitda and number of employees . Given that Exicure has a number of shares shorted of 31.09 K, we urge you to verify Exicure market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your prevailing risk tolerance and investing horizon.

Exicure Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Exicure is way too risky over 90 days horizon
Exicure appears to be risky and price may revert if volatility continues
Exicure has high likelihood to experience some financial distress in the next 2 years
Net Loss for the year was (16.91 M) with profit before overhead, payroll, taxes, and interest of 9.06 M.
Exicure currently holds about 22.2 M in cash with (10.36 M) of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 4.47.
Exicure has a poor financial position based on the latest SEC disclosures
Roughly 47.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by insiders
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Exicure current analysts advice

We track the performance of the top 100 financial experts across various large and mid-size financial boutiques. Exicure analyst recommendations are determined by taking all analyst recommendations and averaging them as Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Strong Sell or Sell. There is no one specific way to measure analysis performance other than comparing it to the past results via a very sophisticated attribution analysis. Exicure analyst consensus and target price projections should be used in combination with other traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, earnings estimate, and various momentum models.
Average Consensus Strong Buy
The consensus estimates and target price estimation comprises individual analyst assessments, and may or may not mutch the Macroaxis buy or sell advice. It is determined by taking an average of all analyst recommendations and classifying them as Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, or Sell.

Exicure Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Exicure's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Exicure's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Exicure daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Exicure price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Exicure returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Exicure.
Mean Return
5.82
Value At Risk
-12.92
Potential Upside
47.72
Standard Deviation
21.19
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Exicure historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Exicure Stock Institutional Investors

The Exicure's institutional investors refer to entities that pool money to purchase Exicure's securities or originate loans. These institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds.
Shares
Bank Of America Corp2024-06-30
63.0
Jpmorgan Chase & Co2024-06-30
10.0
Wells Fargo & Co2024-06-30
0.0
Citadel Advisors Llc2024-06-30
0.0
Renaissance Technologies Corp2024-09-30
0.0
Vanguard Group Inc2024-09-30
0.0
Geode Capital Management, Llc2024-09-30
0.0
Virtu Financial Llc2024-06-30
0.0
Two Sigma Securities, Llc2024-06-30
0.0
The Carlyle Group Inc2024-09-30
56.3 K
Northwestern University2024-06-30
52.1 K
Note, although Exicure's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Exicure Cash Flow Accounts

201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Change In Cash22.2M(14.0M)9.4M(34.1M)(7.8M)(7.4M)
Free Cash Flow235K(42.4M)(35.8M)(35.7M)(10.4M)(10.9M)
Depreciation724K1.4M1.8M1.9M1.4M988.0K
Other Non Cash Items228K179K291K516K2.9M3.1M
Capital Expenditures94K1.1M3.2M968K10K0.0
Net Income(26.3M)(24.7M)(64.1M)(2.6M)(16.9M)(17.8M)
End Period Cash Flow48.5M34.5M43.8M9.8M2.0M1.9M
Change To Netincome1.5M1.9M3.1M1.4M1.6M1.7M
Change To Inventory775K(372K)(2.2M)2.0M2.3M2.5M

Exicure Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Exicure or Biotechnology sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Exicure's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Exicure stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
5.35
β
Beta against Dow Jones3.79
σ
Overall volatility
20.89
Ir
Information ratio 0.27

Exicure Volatility Alert

Exicure is displaying above-average volatility over the selected time horizon. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Exicure's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Exicure's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Exicure Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Exicure's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Exicure's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Exicure and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Exicure or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Exicure's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Exicure by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Exicure to competition
FundamentalsExicurePeer Average
Return On Equity-1.44-0.31
Return On Asset-0.26-0.14
Operating Margin(11.93) %(5.51) %
Current Valuation63.87 M16.62 B
Shares Outstanding2.17 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders46.70 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions4.28 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted31.09 K4.71 M
Price To Book37.60 X9.51 X
Price To Sales120.30 X11.42 X
Gross Profit9.06 M27.38 B
EBITDA(15.54 M)3.9 B
Net Income(16.91 M)570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents22.2 M2.7 B
Cash Per Share4.47 X5.01 X
Total Debt6.67 M5.32 B
Debt To Equity6.53 %48.70 %
Current Ratio1.26 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share1.75 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations(10.36 M)971.22 M
Short Ratio0.19 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share(2.02) X3.12 X
Target Price2.0
Number Of Employees518.84 K
Beta1.28-0.15
Market Capitalization60.15 M19.03 B
Total Asset11.58 M29.47 B
Retained Earnings(189.56 M)9.33 B
Working Capital(486 K)1.48 B
Net Asset11.58 M
Note: Disposition of tradable shares by Miller Josh of Exicure at 2.9 subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

Exicure Market Momentum

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