Nucana Plc Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

NCNA Stock  USD 3.84  0.16  4.00%   
Given the investment horizon of 90 days and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding NuCana PLC is 'Strong Sell'. Macroaxis provides NuCana PLC buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding NCNA positions. The advice algorithm takes into account all of NuCana PLC's available fundamental, technical, and predictive indicators you will find on this site. Key drivers impacting NuCana PLC's buy or sell advice are summarized below:
Real Value
4.34
Target Price
5
Hype Value
5.33
Market Value
3.84
Naive Value
4.02
A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell NuCana PLC given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards NuCana PLC. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for NuCana PLC, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

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Strong Sell

Market Performance

Very WeakDetails

Volatility

RiskyDetails

Hype Condition

Under hypedDetails

Current Valuation

UndervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

AverageDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Hyperactively responds to market trendsDetails

Investor Sentiment

AlarmedDetails

Analyst Consensus

Strong BuyDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

PoorDetails

Financial Leverage

InapplicableDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Unlikely ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon NuCana PLC has a Mean Deviation of 4.42, Standard Deviation of 6.36 and Variance of 40.39
We provide trade recommendation to complement the latest expert consensus on NuCana PLC. Our dynamic recommendation engine harnesses a multidimensional algorithm to analyze the entity's potential to grow using all technical and fundamental data available at the time. To make sure NuCana PLC is not overpriced, please verify all NuCana PLC fundamentals, including its shares owned by institutions, cash and equivalents, cash flow from operations, as well as the relationship between the price to book and debt to equity . Given that NuCana PLC has a price to earning of (7.52) X, we recommend you to check NuCana PLC market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your latest risk tolerance and investing horizon.

NuCana PLC Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

NuCana PLC generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days
NuCana PLC has high historical volatility and very poor performance
NuCana PLC has high likelihood to experience some financial distress in the next 2 years
Net Loss for the year was (27.63 M) with profit before overhead, payroll, taxes, and interest of 0.
NuCana PLC currently holds about 46.53 M in cash with (26.44 M) of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 0.9.
NuCana PLC has a poor financial position based on the latest SEC disclosures
Latest headline from finance.yahoo.com: NuCana Announces Completion of ADS Ratio Change

NuCana PLC Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of NuCana PLC's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of NuCana PLC's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of NuCana PLC daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use NuCana PLC price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of NuCana PLC returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for NuCana PLC.
Mean Return
-0.74
Value At Risk
-12.36
Potential Upside
9.26
Standard Deviation
6.36
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of NuCana PLC 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.

NuCana Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as NuCana PLC is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading NuCana PLC backward and forwards among themselves. NuCana PLC's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase NuCana PLC's securities or originates loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors Llc2023-12-31
15 K
Millennium Management Llc2023-12-31
12.8 K
Traynor Capital Management, Inc2023-12-31
11 K
Turtle Creek Wealth Advisors Llc2023-12-31
5.9 K
Allsquare Wealth Management Llc2023-12-31
5.1 K
Newbridge Financial Services Group, Inc.2023-12-31
1.7 K
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.2023-12-31
1.7 K
Activest Wealth Management2023-12-31
836
Ubs Group Ag2023-12-31
350
Sofinnova Ventures2023-12-31
4.7 M
Baillie Gifford & Co Limited.2023-12-31
3.7 M
Note, although NuCana PLC'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.

NuCana PLC Cash Flow Accounts

201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Investments(145K)(1.3M)(3.6M)120K2.9M3.0M
Change In Cash(25.0M)35.4M(27.1M)(18.4M)(24.7M)(23.5M)
Depreciation718K890K942K732K575K508.0K
Capital Expenditures1.3M1.6M1.1M518K478K951.3K
Net Income(21.4M)(30.7M)(40.5M)(32.0M)(27.6M)(29.0M)
End Period Cash Flow52.0M87.4M60.3M41.9M17.2M16.4M
Change To Netincome(1.0M)6.2M11.7M4.4M5.1M3.8M
Free Cash Flow(25.1M)(23.3M)(24.9M)(23.7M)(26.9M)(28.3M)
Other Non Cash Items(24K)7.4M12.3M6.0M2.4M4.1M

NuCana PLC 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 NuCana PLC 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 NuCana PLC'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 NuCana 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 NYSE Composite
-0.95
β
Beta against NYSE Composite2.35
σ
Overall volatility
6.49
Ir
Information ratio -0.13

NuCana PLC Volatility Alert

NuCana PLC 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 NuCana PLC'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 NuCana PLC'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.

NuCana PLC Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing NuCana PLC'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 NuCana PLC's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between NuCana PLC and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as NuCana PLC or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of NuCana PLC's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing NuCana PLC by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare NuCana PLC to competition
FundamentalsNuCana PLCPeer Average
Return On Equity-1.04-0.31
Return On Asset-0.45-0.14
Current Valuation192.09 M16.62 B
Shares Outstanding2.11 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders0.56 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions28.43 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted164.89 K4.71 M
Price To Earning(7.52) X28.72 X
Price To Book0.63 X9.51 X
EBITDA(28.89 M)3.9 B
Net Income(27.63 M)570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents46.53 M2.7 B
Cash Per Share0.90 X5.01 X
Total Debt396 K5.32 B
Debt To Equity0 %48.70 %
Current Ratio5.83 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share7.11 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations(26.44 M)971.22 M
Short Ratio0.04 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share(16.39) X3.12 X
Target Price124.28
Number Of Employees2518.84 K
Beta0.94-0.15
Market Capitalization8.46 M19.03 B
Total Asset27.81 M29.47 B
Retained Earnings(207.71 M)9.33 B
Working Capital12.34 M1.48 B
Current Asset47.66 M9.34 B
Current Liabilities2.32 M7.9 B
Net Asset27.81 M

NuCana PLC Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as NuCana . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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 2021 2022 2023 2024 (projected)
Total Stockholder Equity65.5M38.5M14.9M14.1M
Total Current Liabilities11.7M19.3M12.7M7.9M

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Is NuCana PLC's industry expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of NuCana PLC. If investors know NuCana will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about NuCana PLC listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Earnings Share
(16.39)
Return On Assets
(0.45)
Return On Equity
(1.04)
The market value of NuCana PLC is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of NuCana that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of NuCana PLC's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is NuCana PLC's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because NuCana PLC's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect NuCana PLC's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between NuCana PLC's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if NuCana PLC is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, NuCana PLC's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.