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NextCure, Inc. (NXTC)

Healthcare | Biotechnology | Beltsville, United States | NasdaqGS
6.23 USD +4.05 (185.780%) ⇧ (July 14, 2026, 10:47 a.m. EDT)

Short-term:★☆☆☆☆Long-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 4:45 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is severely clouded by a collapsing cash runway and deteriorating technicals. Despite a recent earnings beat driven by cost cuts, the market punished the stock hard, sending it tumbling from the $2 highs back toward the $1.60s within days. The price action over the last two weeks shows no recovery; it is hovering near its 52-week low of $1.55, well below the $5.32 fifty-day average, indicating a massive disconnect between the current price and recent trading averages. With a beta of 1.42, this volatility will likely exacerbate any further bad news regarding liquidity. The statistical forecast model predicts a further 14% drop over the next 45 days, though its very low confidence suggests this is pure noise rather than a reliable trend. For a short-term trader, the confluence of a broken trend line, extreme oversold conditions relative to moving averages, and a looming cash crisis creates a high-probability environment for further downside rather than a bounce.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.547500
AutoARIMA0.610417
AutoETS0.610421
MSTL0.622287

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 26%
H-stat 193.84
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.043
Excess Kurtosis -1.37
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Debt to Equity Ratio 18.39
Market Cap 22,503,358
Forward P/E -0.75
Beta 1.42
Website https://www.nextcure.com

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.5420168
Address1 9,000 Virginia Manor Road
Address2 Suite 200
All Time High 1,308.0
All Time Low 1.55
Ask 6.69
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 7
Average Daily Volume10 Day 101,070
Average Daily Volume3 Month 103,455
Average Volume 103,455
Average Volume10Days 101,070
Beta 1.421
Bid 5.46
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 7
Book Value 7.406
City Beltsville
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 8
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 6.23
Current Ratio 4.606
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 9.9
Day Low 5.9
Debt To Equity 18.39
Display Name NextCure
Earnings Timestamp End 1,754,308,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,753,873,140
Ebitda -54,285,000
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Ebitda 0.312
Enterprise Value -16,955,630
Eps Current Year -7.32333
Eps Forward -8.31
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -18.61
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 5.0407
Fifty Day Average Change 1.1893001
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.23593947
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -54.20168
Fifty Two Week High 15.74
Fifty Two Week High Change -9.51
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.60419315
Fifty Two Week Low 1.55
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.6800003
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 3.019355
Fifty Two Week Range 1.55 - 15.74
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,557,408,600,000
Float Shares 2,259,836
Forward Eps -8.31
Forward P E -0.7496991
Free Cashflow -29,195,876
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 40
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.0
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.14803
Held Percent Institutions 0.62399
Implied Shares Outstanding 3,612,096
Industry Biotechnology
Industry Disp Biotechnology
Industry Key biotechnology
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,752,451,200
Last Split Factor 1:12
Long Business Summary NextCure, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in advancing medicines to treat cancer. The company's product candidate is the LNCB74, a B7-H4 targeted ADC to kill tumors. It also develops NC410, a fusion protein of LAIR-2, that is designed to block immune suppression mediated by LAIR-1; NC525, a novel LAIR-1 antibody that targets acute myeloid leukemia, blast cells, and leukemic stem cells; NC181 a humanized antibody targeting ApoE4 for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease; and NC605 an antibody that targets Siglec-15, as well as chronic bone diseases, such as osteoarthritis and non-union fractures. The company also develop SIM0505, a novel antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeting CDH6 (cadherin-6 or K-cadherin) for the treatment of solid tumors. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Beltsville, Maryland.
Long Name NextCure, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 22,503,358
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_321460821
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common -54,664,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 7,874,369
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 9.255
Operating Cashflow -49,982,000
Operating Margins 0.0
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 240 399 4900
Previous Close 2.18
Price Eps Current Year -0.8507059
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.8412098
Profit Margins 0.0
Quick Ratio 4.418
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 4.05
Regular Market Change Percent 185.77985
Regular Market Day High 9.9
Regular Market Day Low 5.9
Regular Market Day Range 5.9 - 9.9
Regular Market Open 9.255
Regular Market Previous Close 2.18
Regular Market Price 6.23
Regular Market Time 1,784,040,438
Regular Market Volume 80,078,417
Return On Assets -0.66712
Return On Equity -1.32405
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 6
Shares Outstanding 3,612,096
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.043899998
Shares Short 158,592
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 68,687
Short Name NextCure, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.043899998
Short Ratio 0.89
Source Interval 15
State MD
Symbol NXTC
Target High Price 25.0
Target Low Price 15.0
Target Mean Price 19.33333
Target Median Price 18.0
Total Cash 29,743,000
Total Cash Per Share 8.234
Total Debt 4,913,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -18.61
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 9.555805
Two Hundred Day Average Change -3.3258052
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.34804028
Type Disp Equity
Volume 80,078,417
Website https://www.nextcure.com
Zip 20,705