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Anavex Life Sciences Corp. (AVXL)

Healthcare | Biotechnology | New York, United States | NasdaqGS
3.64 USD +0.24 (7.059%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 3.71 +0.07 (1.923%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:44 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 1:10 a.m. EDT

AVXL is in a terminal decline phase triggered by the withdrawal of the EU bid for its Alzheimer's drug and subsequent lawsuits. Fundamentally, with a negative EPS, negative free cash flow, and a 50% drop in 4 weeks, the damage control is evident. The options market is pricing in a move down to $3.00 very quickly, and no one sees an immediate bounce. This is a 'do not touch' situation for new capital.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.254721
AutoETS0.254721
AutoARIMA0.254885
MSTL0.257198

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 46%
H-stat 6.48
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.083
Excess Kurtosis -1.18
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Market Cap 337,325,216
Forward P/E -26.00
Beta 1.18
Website https://www.anavex.com

As of April 19, 2026, 1:10 a.m. EDT: Options flow reveals a highly bearish near-term structure. In the April 17 expiry (9 days out), Put OI at $3.00 (-17.6% strike) nearly doubles Call OI at $3.00, indicating a massive floor being built below the current price ($3.64). Intrinsic value puts at $3.00 show strong open interest with an 'ITM' flag, suggesting short sellers are positioning for a decline to that level. Conversely, the Call OI is heavily concentrated at $6.00 and $7.00 (far OTM), while ITM calls ($2.0) lack significant positioning. This 'long put, trade the mean' distribution suggests speculators are braced for a test of the lower support levels.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.5844749
Address1 630 5th Avenue
Address2 20th Floor
All Time High 31.5
All Time Low 0.6
Ask 4.41
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 5
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,098,320
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,502,182
Average Volume 1,502,182
Average Volume10Days 1,098,320
Beta 1.178
Bid 2.64
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 4
Book Value 1.366
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 7
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 3.64
Current Ratio 20.874
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 3.68
Day Low 3.455
Display Name Anavex Life Sciences
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,770,643,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,770,643,800
Earnings Timestamp 1,770,643,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,502,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,502,600
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise Value 205,576,192
Eps Current Year -0.325
Eps Forward -0.14
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.46
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 3.9102
Fifty Day Average Change -0.2702
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.069101326
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -58.44749
Fifty Two Week High 13.99
Fifty Two Week High Change -10.349999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.7398141
Fifty Two Week Low 2.61
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.0300002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.39463612
Fifty Two Week Range 2.61 - 13.99
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,154,525,400,000
Float Shares 89,783,179
Forward Eps -0.14
Forward P E -26.0
Free Cashflow -21,833,624
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 34
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.0
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.031170001
Held Percent Institutions 0.41571
Implied Shares Outstanding 92,671,758
Industry Biotechnology
Industry Disp Biotechnology
Industry Key biotechnology
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,759,190,400
Last Split Date 1,444,176,000
Last Split Factor 1:4
Long Business Summary Anavex Life Sciences Corp. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It engages in developing innovative treatments for Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, neurodevelopmental, neurodegenerative, and rare diseases, including Rett syndrome, and other central nervous system (CNS) disorders, pain, and various types of cancer . Its lead drug candidate, ANAVEX 2-73 (blarcamesine), has completed a Phase 2a and a Phase 2b/3 clinical trial for Alzheimer's disease; a Phase 2 proof-of-concept study in Parkinson's disease dementia; and a Phase 2 and a Phase 3 study in adult patients and one Phase 2/3 study in pediatric patients with Rett syndrome. Its ANAVEX 2-73 is an orally available drug candidate designed to restore cellular homeostasis by targeting SIGMAR1 and muscarinic receptors. The ANAVEX 2-73 also exhibited anticonvulsant, anti-amnesic, neuroprotective, and anti-depressant properties in animal models, indicating its potential to treat additional CNS disorders, including epilepsy. The company's ANAVEX 3-71, which targets SIGMAR1 and M1 muscarinic receptors, is a clinical stage drug candidate demonstrating disease-modifying activity against Alzheimer's disease in transgenic (3xTg-AD) mice, including cognitive deficits, amyloid, and tau pathologies. Anavex Life Sciences Corp. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Long Name Anavex Life Sciences Corp.
Market us_market
Market Cap 337,325,216
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_13580387
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common -39,947,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,790,726,400
Non Diluted Market Cap 336,861,840
Number Of Analyst Opinions 2
Open 3.46
Operating Cashflow -34,075,000
Operating Margins 0.0
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 844 689 3939
Post Market Change 0.06999993
Post Market Change Percent 1.9230751
Post Market Price 3.71
Post Market Time 1,776,469,452
Previous Close 3.4
Price Eps Current Year -11.200001
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 2.6647146
Profit Margins 0.0
Quick Ratio 20.812
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.24
Regular Market Change Percent 7.05882
Regular Market Day High 3.68
Regular Market Day Low 3.455
Regular Market Day Range 3.455 - 3.68
Regular Market Open 3.46
Regular Market Previous Close 3.4
Regular Market Price 3.64
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,001
Regular Market Volume 1,520,845
Return On Assets -0.21558
Return On Equity -0.33635
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 92,671,758
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.2079
Shares Short 19,262,453
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 20,366,318
Short Name Anavex Life Sciences Corp.
Short Percent Of Float 0.2164
Short Ratio 9.66
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol AVXL
Target High Price 24.0
Target Low Price 20.0
Target Mean Price 22.0
Target Median Price 22.0
Total Cash 131,749,000
Total Cash Per Share 1.422
Total Debt 0
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -0.46
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 6.668525
Two Hundred Day Average Change -3.028525
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.45415217
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,520,845
Website https://www.anavex.com
Zip 10,111