2 Hot Stocks to Watch: DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX), KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR)

DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX)

The shares of DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX) started off the last trading session with the price of $2.19 while closing the day with the price of $2.23. The shares of DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX) Rise 1.83% with the Gain of 0.04 points.

The shares of DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX) traded with the day volume of 2.2 Million shares whereas its average trading volume is 847.76 Million.

While analyzing the past performance of the stock we can see that the shares of DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX) Gain 14.95% in the last week while rising 99.11% in the last month. Past quarter performance shows the green light with 120.79%. The semi-annual and annual performance shows 35.15% and 142.36% respectively.

Some critical values of the shares of DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX) to be discussed here are: the beta which shows the value at 1.68 while Average True Range of DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX) demonstrate the value at 0.1. The weekly and monthly volatility of the shares of DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX) are indicated at 5.79% and 6.75%. Also to discuss here is the Relative Strength Index or RSI which is depicted at 91.39.

While studying the financial position of the shares of DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX), we can see that the Market capitalization of the company is at 331.29 Million. The shares outstanding for the company is 148.56 Million and the shares float stands at 142.13 Million. The income of the company stand at -3700000 while the sales stand at 49.2 Million.

Here are some critical ratios for a financial perspective: Earnings Per Share or EPS of the company stand at -0.03, Price to Earnings or P/E is at 0, Price to Sales P/S show the value of 6.73, the Return on Asset ROA stood at -0.076 and the Return on Equity ROE depicted at -0.449 while Return on Investment ROI is at -0.054.


KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR)

KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR) started its previous trading session at $17.12 and closed at $16.63 showing a Fell of -4.15 Percent.

The Company traded with an average Volume of 2.03 Million whereas, its Day Volume stood at 2.19 Million.

Looking at the performance of the stock, KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR) Gain 1.53% in the last week in its shares price and -5.89% in the last month. Quarterly performance shows a red of -14.81 Percent while Semi-Annual and Annual performances shows a -6.99 and 20.16 percent respectively.

Beta for KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR) stands at 1.24 while the ATR (average true range) is at 0.64. The Stock’s Weekly and Monthly Volatility is 3.54% and 4.66% respectively showing a RSI value of 44.05.

While studying the financial position of the shares of KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR), we can see that the Market capitalization of the company is at 2.31 Billion. The shares outstanding for the company is 138.91 Million and the shares float stands at 138.56 Million.

The Company generated an income of 270 Million and the sales of 4.17 Billion in the Trailing Twelve Months period.

While analyzing the stock from technical aspects, Diluted Earnings per share stands at $1.91 a share. P/E (price to earnings) and P/S (price to sales) values are 8.69 and 0.55 respectively.

The Return on Assets stands at 0.117, ROE shows a value of 0.466 and ROI for KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR) is 0.17 as of Trailing Twelve Months period.

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