PDS Biotechnology Corporation (PDSB)Healthcare | Biotechnology | Princeton, United States | NasdaqCM
1.29 USD
-0.02
(-1.527%) ⇩
(April 20, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:47 a.m. EDT
Despite catastrophic fundamentals with negative earnings, negative book value, and a deteriorating balance sheet, the drastic upgrade in sentiment and price momentum predicts a multi-year recovery driven entirely on clinical trial catalysts and a potential Nasdaq delisting avoidance. The options data confirms this is a pure momentum/speculative crossover play where traders are betting on a trial readout to push the price from $1.30 to the $2.50 strike, yet long-term investors should avoid the asset due to fundamental insolvency risks. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.232907 |
| MSTL | 0.288501 |
| AutoTheta | 0.289240 |
| AutoETS | 0.289246 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 49% |
| H-stat | 4.38 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.129 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.50 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 182.943 |
| Market Cap | 72,002,192 |
| Forward P/E | -2.40 |
| Beta | 1.19 |
| Website | https://www.pdsbiotech.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:47 a.m. EDT: Options market shows aggressive bullish positioning via OTM calls at the $2.50 strike across multiple expirations (April, May, August) with significant Open Interest and volume. The $2.50 strike is explicitly noted as an 'ATM Anchor' for these dates, implying a strong consensus target above current prices (~$1.30). Conversely, put interest is negligible, with $0.00 volume/Open Interest for April and only 1 lot for May and August. The implied volatility of calls (1.56% - 3.27%) is relatively low compared to the intraday implied volatility of ATM puts (13.06%), suggesting the market is pricing in a downward skew but is heavily priced for a move higher, not down. The lack of put buying indicates speculative net-long positioning.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.12173915 |
| Address1 | 303A College Road East |
| All Time High | 517.4 |
| All Time Low | 0.507 |
| Ask | 1.31 |
| Ask Size | 16 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.0 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,577,380 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 719,106 |
| Average Volume | 719,106 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,577,380 |
| Beta | 1.185 |
| Bid | 1.26 |
| Bid Size | 20 |
| Book Value | 0.169 |
| City | Princeton |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,735,603,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 1.29 |
| Current Ratio | 2.979 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 1.33 |
| Day Low | 1.24 |
| Debt To Equity | 182.943 |
| Display Name | PDS Biotechnology |
| Dividend Date | 1,552,867,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,774,872,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,774,872,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,774,873,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,675,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,675,400 |
| Ebitda | -31,483,440 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -1.976 |
| Enterprise Value | 62,215,800 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.54667 |
| Eps Forward | -0.53667 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.74 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NCM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 0.75414 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.53585994 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.71055764 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 12.173915 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 1.915 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.625 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.32637078 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 0.507 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.78299993 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.5443785 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 0.507 - 1.915 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,443,619,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 51,569,756 |
| Forward Eps | -0.53667 |
| Forward P E | -2.4037116 |
| Free Cashflow | -15,717,316 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqCM |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.0 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.025290001 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.1424 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 55,815,653 |
| 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 | 1,552,867,200 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:20 |
| Long Business Summary | PDS Biotechnology Corporation, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, developing a pipeline of targeted cancer immunotherapies. The company's lead product candidate is Versamune HPV, which is in phase II clinical trial for the treatment of head and neck, cervical, anal, vaginal, vulvar, and penile cancers. It also develops various product candidates, which are in preclinical trials, including PDS0102, an investigational immunotherapy utilizing tumor-associated and immunologically active T cell receptor gamma alternate reading framed protein for treating acute myeloid leukemia, prostate, and breast cancer; and PDS0103 for ovarian, breast, colorectal, and lung cancers. In addition, the company is developing PDS01ADC, a novel investigational Interleukin 12 fused antibody-drug conjugate, tumor-targeting interleukin 12 immune-cytokine that enhances the proliferation, potency, and longevity of T cells in the tumor microenvironment. Further, the company provides PDS0202, a novel investigational influenza vaccine that protects against the strains predicted to be prevalent in an upcoming flu season. It has a license and collaboration agreements with National Institutes of Health, Merck Eprova AG, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and MSD International GmbH. PDS Biotechnology Corporation was founded in 2005 and is based in Princeton, New Jersey. |
| Long Name | PDS Biotechnology Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 72,002,192 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_53742727 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -34,495,504 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 72,281,270 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 1.31 |
| Operating Cashflow | -27,752,012 |
| Operating Margins | 0.0 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 800 208 3343 |
| Pre Market Change | 0.00999999 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | 0.7751931 |
| Pre Market Price | 1.3 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,776,777,584 |
| Previous Close | 1.31 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -2.3597414 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 7.633136 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.817 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.02 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.52672 |
| Regular Market Day High | 1.33 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1.24 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1.24 - 1.33 |
| Regular Market Open | 1.31 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 1.31 |
| Regular Market Price | 1.29 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,715,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 710,952 |
| Return On Assets | -0.51982 |
| Return On Equity | -2.44158 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Sector Disp | Healthcare |
| Sector Key | healthcare |
| Shares Outstanding | 55,815,653 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0367 |
| Shares Short | 2,050,834 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,688,806 |
| Short Name | PDS Biotechnology Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0377 |
| Short Ratio | 4.64 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NJ |
| Symbol | PDSB |
| Target High Price | 15.0 |
| Target Low Price | 3.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 7.5 |
| Target Median Price | 4.5 |
| Total Cash | 26,711,968 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.479 |
| Total Debt | 16,925,576 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.74 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 0.94916 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.34083998 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.35909647 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 710,952 |
| Website | https://www.pdsbiotech.com |
| Zip | 8,540 |