Heron Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: HRTX) has seen a decline in its stock price by -3.94 in relation to its previous close of 2.03. However, the company has experienced a -8.02% decline in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-05-07 that HRTX’s Q1’25 earnings highlight Cinvanti as the top earner, but Zynrelef shows strong growth potential, with 60% growth in net sales vs Q1’24. HRTX reported net income of $2.6M and raised its full-year adjusted EBITDA guidance, but potential equity offerings to manage debt remain a risk. HRTX’s CEO speaks of Zynrelef’s multi-hundred-million-dollar potential, although it may take several more quarters of sales growth to convince the market of that potential.
Is It Worth Investing in Heron Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: HRTX) Right Now?
HRTX has 36-month beta value of 1.17. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 2 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for HRTX is 151.13M, and currently, short sellers hold a 22.47% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of HRTX on June 18, 2025 was 1.46M shares.
HRTX’s Market Performance
The stock of Heron Therapeutics Inc (HRTX) has seen a -8.02% decrease in the past week, with a -1.02% drop in the past month, and a -21.37% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.35%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.96% for HRTX. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -0.81% for HRTX’s stock, with a 4.91% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of HRTX
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for HRTX stocks, with H.C. Wainwright repeating the rating for HRTX by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for HRTX in the upcoming period, according to H.C. Wainwright is $6 based on the research report published on June 09, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Rodman & Renshaw, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see HRTX reach a price target of $7. The rating they have provided for HRTX stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on June 13th, 2024.
CapitalOne gave a rating of “Overweight” to HRTX, setting the target price at $6 in the report published on April 23rd of the previous year.
HRTX Trading at -3.70% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought HRTX to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -47.72% of loss for the given period.
Stock Fundamentals for HRTX
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.02 for the present operating margin
- 0.7 for the gross margin
The net margin for Heron Therapeutics Inc stands at -0.05. The total capital return value is set at -0.02.
Based on Heron Therapeutics Inc (HRTX), the company’s capital structure generated 1.19 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.12.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -5.06 million with net debt to EBITDA at -110.4. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.88. The receivables turnover for the company is 2.01for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.67. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.40.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Heron Therapeutics Inc (HRTX) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
