Aeterna Zentaris (NASDAQ:AEZS) Now Covered by Analysts at StockNews.com

Equities research analysts at StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of Aeterna Zentaris (NASDAQ:AEZS) (TSE:AEZ) in a report issued on Saturday. The brokerage set a “sell” rating on the biopharmaceutical company’s stock.

Aeterna Zentaris Price Performance

AEZS stock opened at $4.13 on Friday. Aeterna Zentaris has a 1-year low of $3.96 and a 1-year high of $12.00. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $5.14 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $6.67. The company has a market capitalization of $7.41 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.28 and a beta of 1.55.

About Aeterna Zentaris

Aeterna Zentaris Inc, a specialty biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing and commercializing therapeutics and diagnostic tests in Canada, Switzerland, Ireland, Denmark, Germany, the United States, and internationally. Its lead product is Macrilen (macimorelin), an orally available peptidomimetic ghrelin receptor (GHSR-1a) agonist that stimulates the secretion of growth hormone by binding to the GHSR-1a for the diagnosis of patients with adult growth hormone deficiency and childhood-onset growth hormone deficiency, as well as endocrinology and oncology indications; AEZS-150, a delayed clearance parathyroid hormone fusion polypeptide that is in preclinical trial for the treatment of chronic hypoparathyroidism; and AEZS-130 that is in preclinical trial for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.