Acurx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACXP) Issues Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.06 EPS

Acurx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACXPGet Free Report) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday. The company reported ($0.17) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.23) by $0.06, Zacks reports. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned ($0.24) earnings per share.

Acurx Pharmaceuticals Trading Down 1.6 %

Shares of ACXP stock opened at $1.82 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $29.58 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.67 and a beta of -1.73. Acurx Pharmaceuticals has a 12-month low of $1.52 and a 12-month high of $5.28. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $1.97 and its 200-day moving average price is $2.14.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, HC Wainwright restated a “buy” rating and set a $12.00 target price on shares of Acurx Pharmaceuticals in a research report on Monday, August 12th.

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Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, develops antibiotics to treat bacterial infections. The company's lead antibiotic candidate is ibezapolstat, a novel mechanism of action that targets the polymerase IIIC enzyme that is in Phase 2b clinical trial to treat patients with clostridium difficile infections.

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