StockNews.com Initiates Coverage on Aeterna Zentaris (NASDAQ:AEZS)

StockNews.com began coverage on shares of Aeterna Zentaris (NASDAQ:AEZS) (TSE:AEZ) in a research report released on Sunday morning. The firm issued a sell rating on the biopharmaceutical company’s stock.

Aeterna Zentaris Price Performance

Shares of Aeterna Zentaris stock opened at $3.80 on Friday. Aeterna Zentaris has a 1 year low of $3.96 and a 1 year high of $12.00. The company has a market capitalization of $6.81 million, a P/E ratio of -0.25 and a beta of 1.55. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $4.90 and a 200 day moving average price of $6.50.

Aeterna Zentaris Company Profile

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.