VolitionRx (NYSE:VNRX) Research Coverage Started at StockNews.com

StockNews.com began coverage on shares of VolitionRx (NYSE:VNRX) in a research report released on Thursday morning. The firm issued a sell rating on the stock.

Separately, Benchmark reiterated a hold rating on shares of VolitionRx in a research note on Friday, August 16th.

VolitionRx Stock Up 16.2 %

Shares of NYSE:VNRX opened at $0.88 on Thursday. VolitionRx has a 12-month low of $0.43 and a 12-month high of $1.23. The stock has a market cap of $81.32 million, a PE ratio of -1.92 and a beta of 1.09. The business has a 50 day moving average of $0.64 and a 200-day moving average of $0.69.

VolitionRx (NYSE:VNRX) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 14th. The company reported ($0.08) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.09) by $0.01. The company had revenue of $0.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $0.34 million. Equities research analysts expect that VolitionRx will post -0.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at VolitionRx

In other news, Director Guy Archibald Innes acquired 150,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 20th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $0.67 per share, for a total transaction of $100,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 406,683 shares in the company, valued at approximately $272,477.61. This trade represents a 0.00 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 12.80% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

VolitionRx Company Profile

VolitionRx Limited, a multi-national epigenetics company, engages in the development of blood tests to help diagnose and monitor a range of cancers, and sepsis and COVID-19 in the United States and internationally. The company offers Nu.Q Vet, a cancer screening test for dogs and other animals; Nu.Q Nets for monitoring the immune system; Nu.Q Cancer for monitoring disease progression, response to treatment and minimal residual disease; Capture-PCR, an isolating and capturing circulating tumor derived DNA from plasma samples for early cancer detection; and Nu.Q Discover, a solution to profiling nucleosomes.