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Annovis Bio, Inc. (ANVS)

Healthcare | Biotechnology | Malvern, United States | NYSE
1.86 USD -0.06 (-3.125%) ⇩ (April 21, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:34 a.m. EDT

Annovis Bio presents a classic 'dilution trap' scenario masked by speculative long-term call buying. The company just raised $10M via a registered direct offering, causing the stock to drop 26% on the news. While analysts rate it a 'strong buy' based on potential Alzheimer's drug milestone, the fundamentals—negative cash flow, negative ROE, and negative future EPS—are starkly negative. Speculators are betting the long-term catalyst (the drug) will rally the stock to the $5.00 targets, but tactical traders are buying puts to protect against the dilution and pre-earnings volatility. For a short-term investor, the immediate catalyst is negative (cap dilution), making a 2-star rating appropriate with a wait-and-see stance.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.125466
MSTL0.130244
AutoTheta0.256469
AutoARIMA0.610460

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 22%
H-stat 5.39
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 2.60
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Market Cap 64,230,248
Forward P/E -1.37
Beta 1.36
Website https://www.annovisbio.com

As of April 19, 2026, 12:34 a.m. EDT: Options data reveals a conflict between short-term hedging and medium-term speculation. The April 17 expiration (near-term) shows significant put open interest (OI) relative to volume at the $2.50 and $2.00 strikes (480 and 104 respectively vs low volume), suggesting downside protection is being purchased around current price levels. Conversely, significant Call OI exists at the $5.00 strike, primarily in May and October expirations, indicating a bullish expectation for a move toward $5.00 by the first half of 2027. The April 24 calls show unusual activity with 'New Flow' at the $2.5 strike (Vol > OI), hinting at some immediate upside sentiment, but the heavy near-term put accumulation suggests the market is primarily positioning for stabilization or a short-term decline despite the long-term gamma exposure at $5.00.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.23178804
Address1 101 Lindenwood Drive
Address2 Suite 225
All Time High 132.0
All Time Low 1.11
Ask 2.05
Ask Size 500
Average Analyst Rating 1.5 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,853,970
Average Daily Volume3 Month 665,888
Average Volume 665,888
Average Volume10Days 1,853,970
Beta 1.363
Bid 1.8
Bid Size 500
Book Value 0.62
City Malvern
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,735,603,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 1.86
Current Ratio 5.799
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 1.97
Day Low 1.85
Display Name Annovis Bio
Earnings Timestamp End 1,755,547,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,755,028,800
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise Value 33,208,450
Eps Current Year -1.14
Eps Forward -1.36
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -1.4
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 2.3328
Fifty Day Average Change -0.4727999
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.20267487
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 23.178804
Fifty Two Week High 5.5
Fifty Two Week High Change -3.6399999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.66181815
Fifty Two Week Low 1.36
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.5
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.36764705
Fifty Two Week Range 1.36 - 5.5
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,580,308,200,000
Float Shares 24,406,792
Forward Eps -1.36
Forward P E -1.367647
Free Cashflow -15,183,042
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 7
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.0
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.16429001
Held Percent Institutions 0.18041
Implied Shares Outstanding 34,532,394
Industry Biotechnology
Industry Disp Biotechnology
Industry Key biotechnology
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Annovis Bio, Inc., a clinical stage drug platform company, develops drugs to treat neurodegeneration in the United States. The company's lead product candidate is Buntanetap, which is in phase 3 to treat alzheimer's disease, as well as in open-label phase 3 to treat parkinson's disease. It also develops ANVS405, which is in phase 2 and 3 clinical trials for the treatment of traumatic brain injury and/or stroke; and ANVS301, which finished phase 1 clinical trial developed to increase cognitive capability in later stages of alzheimer's disease and dementia. Annovis Bio, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
Long Name Annovis Bio, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 64,230,248
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_622711087
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common -28,854,196
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 64,230,250
Number Of Analyst Opinions 2
Open 1.9
Operating Cashflow -25,619,704
Operating Margins 0.0
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 484 875 3192
Pre Market Change -0.03999996
Pre Market Change Percent -2.1505356
Pre Market Price 1.82
Pre Market Time 1,776,847,732
Previous Close 1.92
Price Eps Current Year -1.6315789
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 3.0
Profit Margins 0.0
Quick Ratio 5.373
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.5
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0599999
Regular Market Change Percent -3.125
Regular Market Day High 1.97
Regular Market Day Low 1.85
Regular Market Day Range 1.85 - 1.97
Regular Market Open 1.9
Regular Market Previous Close 1.92
Regular Market Price 1.86
Regular Market Time 1,776,801,602
Regular Market Volume 901,886
Return On Assets -1.0603299
Return On Equity -2.20607
Sand P52 Week Change 0.3140242
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Shares Outstanding 34,532,393
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.1141
Shares Short 3,234,406
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 2,745,085
Short Name Annovis Bio, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1265
Short Ratio 7.78
Source Interval 15
State PA
Symbol ANVS
Target High Price 17.0
Target Low Price 8.0
Target Mean Price 12.5
Target Median Price 12.5
Total Cash 19,532,338
Total Cash Per Share 0.689
Total Debt 0
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -1.4
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 2.6983
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.8382999
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.31067705
Type Disp Equity
Volume 901,886
Website https://www.annovisbio.com
Zip 19,355