Cancer Genetics, Inc. (CGIX): what caused a melt-up today?

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An interesting stock that came up in some of our conversations today is Cancer Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CGIX). At current price of $0.24, the shares have already added 0.01 points (4.71% higher) from its previous close of $0.23. Should you buy or avoid them? The stock sets an active trading volume day with a reported 595651 contracts so far this session. CGIX shares had a relatively better volume day versus average trading capacity of 1.87 million shares, but with a 15.74 million float and a -9.3% run over a week, it’s definitely worth keeping an eye on. The one year price forecast for CGIX stock indicates that the average analyst price target is $3 per share. This means the stock has a potential increase of 1150% from where the CGIX share price has been trading recently which is between $0.221 and $0.2389.

The shorts are running away from Cancer Genetics, Inc. (CGIX) stock. The latest set of short interest data was released on 29 March 2019, and the numbers show a drop in short interest in CGIX shares. While short interest still represents only 10.08% of CGIX’s float, the number of shares shorted have fallen by -45419. The number of shares shorted fell to 1587331 shares, down from 1632750 shares during the preceding fortnight. With average daily trading volumes at 1229674 shares, days to cover decreased to about 1.703109 days. The most recent news story about the stock that appeared in Yahoo Finance‘s news section was titled “Cancer Genetics: 4Q Earnings Snapshot” and dated April 16, 2019.

During the recent trading session for Cancer Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CGIX), the company witnessed their stock drop by $-0.02 over a week and tumble down $-0.02 from the price 20 days ago. When compared to their established 52-week high of $1.3, the high they recorded in their recent session happens to be lower. Their established 52-week high was attained by the company on 09/21/18. The recent low of $0.2 stood for a -81.55% since 12/12/18, a data which is good for most investors who are looking to take advantage of the stock’s recent rise. A beta of 1.2 is also allocated to the stock. Since the beta is greater than one, it implies that the stock is more volatile than the market, a data that traders are keeping close attention to.

Looking at the current readings for Cancer Genetics, Inc., the two-week RSI stands at 45.57. This figure suggests that CGIX stock, for now, is neutral, meaning that the shares are stable in terms of price movement. The stochastic readings, on the other hand, based on the current CGIX readings is similarly very revealing as it has a stochastic reading of 13.15% at this stage. This figure means that CGIX share price today is being overbought.

Technical chart claims that Cancer Genetics, Inc. (CGIX) would settle between $0.24/share to $0.25/share level. However, if the stock price goes below the $0.22 mark, then the market for Cancer Genetics, Inc. becomes much weaker. If that happens, the stock price might even plunge as low as $0.21 for its downside target. The stock is currently in the red zone of MACD, with the indicator reading -0.01. Traders are always alerted for the move of a stock above or below the zero line due to the fact that the reading is an indicator of the position of the short-term average relative to the long-term average. If the MACD is above the zero line, then the short-term average relative is above that of the long-term average, thus implying an upward momentum. Vice versa is the case if the MACD is below the zero line.

Analysts at Maxim Group, assumed coverage of CGIX assigning Buy rating, according to their opinion released on December 07. Dawson James, analysts launched coverage of Cancer Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CGIX) stock with a Buy recommendation, according to their flash note issued to investors on June 27. Analysts at The Benchmark Company, made their first call for the equity with a Speculative Buy recommendation, according to a research note that dated back to June 26.

CGIX equity has an average rating of 3, with the figure leaning towards a bullish end. 1 analysts who tracked the company were contacted by Reuters. Amongst them, 1 rated the stock as a hold while the remaining 0 were split even though not equally. Some analysts rate the stock as a buy or a strong buy while no rated it as a sell. 0 analysts rated Cancer Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CGIX) as a buy or a strong buy while not a single analyst advised that investors should desist from purchasing the stock or sell them if they already own the company’s stock.

Moving on, CGIX stock price is currently trading at 0X forward 12-month Consensus EPS estimates, and its P/S ratio is 1.96 while for the average stock in the same group, the multiple is 18.21.