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Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (CARA)



$4.35
52 Week Low
$15.89
2017-04-28 15:46:58 MDT
$20.9
52 Week High

Basic Info

Healthcare
Sector
Biotechnology
Industry
Nasdaq
Stock Exchange
United States
Country

Market Cap: $527,320,000Small Cap (Between $200M and $2B)
Analyst Recommendation:1.6Analysts say: Buy+. (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)
Beta: 2.86 Higher Volatility Stock (beta over 1). Stock will go up more when the market goes up, and go down more when the market goes down. Beta of 1 means stock would match the S&P 500 Index.

Fundamentals

ForwardPE: Unknown
5 Yr Est Growth: Unknown
Yield: 0.00%
PEG-Y Ratio: N/A
Unknown PEG-Y ratio

Technicals

% Above 50 DayMA: -7.78%
% Above 200 DayMA: 26.71%
CARA Performance 52 Weeks: 160.73%
S&P 500 Performance 52 Weeks: 12.50%
Mixed Trend. Short Term trend is down, but longer term trend is up. There is hope because 50 Day MA is still above 200 Day MA. Stock is closer to 52 Week High than 52 Week Low.
CARA outperforming S&P 500 by 148.23% the last 52 Weeks.

Profile


More Valuation

Price To Book: 8.9
OK Value. Low Price to Book means better value. A P/B value of 5 or less is great.
EV to EBITDA: -6.9
Unknown EV to EBITDA ratio

More Info

Field Value Average Comments
% Held By Insiders29.45% 17.28%Held by greater than average Insiders. Insiders can sway stock price. Watch insider buying and selling.
% Held By Institutions45.70% 62.07%Institutional percentage lower than average. Institutions may not have conviction in stock. Or is this a chance for institutions to invest more and boost price?
Short % Of FloatN/A 07.02%Unknown.
Debt to EquityN/A 1.08Unknown.
Profit Margin %N/A-00.18%Unknown.
Operating Margin %-67.00%-05.28% Operating Margin less than average percent. Stock can do better than this?
Return on Equity %-73.55%-08.79% Return on Equity less than average percent. Stock can do better than this?
Return on Assets %-41.78%-01.29% Return on Assets less than average percent. Stock can do better than this?
Revenue Per Employee $2,529.41 $883,096.70 Less than average Revenue Per Employee. This stock (or industry) might not be as efficient as others? Each industry might have a different standard.
Price to Cash 7.46 5.52 Higher than average Price to Cash. Meaning that the company has a lower percentage of cash as a percent of price. Cash can be good to cushion company during hard times, and as a potential source for buyouts or investments. However, some activists want the cash to be used by a company to buy its own stock, or to increase their dividend, or to invest the money.
CPEGY Ratio N/A 2.26Unknown.

Quick Thoughts

PROS:
  1. Analysts like this stock: 1.6 (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)

  2. Stock is Above Long Term 200DMA: 26.71%

  3. Stock outperforming S&P 500 over last 52 weeks: 148.23%

CONS:
  1. Stock is Below Short Term 50DMA: -7.78%

  2. Price to Cash Ratio (7.46) is greater than average. Company has less cash as a percent of price than the average.

  3. Operating Margin is negative: -67.00%

  4. Return on Equity is negative: -73.55%

  5. Return on Assets is negative: -41.78%


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