Is Vaxart Stock Really Worth a Shot?

InvestorPlace2021-08-31

If 10% of the population is refusing Covid-19 vaccine shots because they hate needles, that’s good news for VXRT stock. Biotech company Vaxart, Inc is like many others in this space. It’s a clinical-...

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JudLee
2021-08-31
JudLee
Can't wait for it to breakout again
KBchan
2021-08-31
KBchan
Please like and comment
- Singman:
  like too.
HeatWave
2021-08-31
HeatWave
Gogogog
- Cindypoonyw:
  Ok
Kco
2021-08-31
Kco
Yes!![Miser]
- Kco:
  [Miser][Miser]
JamesArthur
2021-08-31
JamesArthur
Interesting
- HeatWave:
  yes

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It’s a clinical-stage company developing recombinant (rDNA) vaccines. It has a focus on Covid-19. And its stock has seen some wild, meme stock-style action in 2021, highlighted by a one-week period that saw VXRT stock spike 161% then plunge back below its starting point.\nWhat sets Vaxart apart from most of the biotech companies it competes with is syringes. More correctly, a lack of syringes. Instead of a needle, Vaxart’s vaccines are delivered in pill form.\nWhile VXRT stock experienced massive price fluctuations through the first 5 months of the year, since early May it has been stable with a recovery that is slowing gaining steam. Currently trading near $9, shares are up 40% from the start of the year. Vaxart hasn’t yet landed an approved Covid vaccine. But the Delta variant is proving that vaccination is likely to be an ongoing effort, meaning there is still opportunity there.\nVaxart has other oral vaccines in the pipeline including versions for norovirus and influenza. 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