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Palatin Technologies, Inc. (PTN)

Healthcare | Biotechnology | Princeton, United States | NasdaqCM
7.83 USD -0.36 (-4.396%) ⇩ (Oct. 14, 2026, 12:29 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★☆☆☆☆Long-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 9:25 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is severely clouded by a relentless multi-year price collapse, with seven consecutive years of negative annual returns ending in a catastrophic -83.57% drop last year. While the company recently raised capital via an upsized public offering and analysts maintain a 'strong buy' consensus with a mean target of $53.50, these signals are insufficient to overcome the structural reality that the stock has lost 99% of its value over the past nine years. The balance sheet shows significant distress, with negative free cash flow, negative operating margins, and a return on equity of nearly -9%, indicating the business is currently destroying value rather than generating it. With no dividend history to provide income and a price trajectory that suggests the market has thoroughly priced out the current management and strategy, there is no safe entry point for a standard investor. The recent price action remains volatile near support, but the fundamental deterioration is too deep to ignore.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.315479
AutoARIMA0.386762
AutoETS0.415050
MSTL0.427325

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 27%
H-stat 231.91
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.144
Excess Kurtosis -1.43
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Debt to Equity Ratio 3.345
Revenue per Share 4.664
Market Cap 13,944,752
Forward P/E -4.22
Beta -0.01
Profit Margins -63.54%
Website https://palatin.com

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.14705884
Address1 301 Carnegie Center Drive
Address2 Suite 304
All Time High 128,125.0
All Time Low 2.0
Ask 8.35
Ask Size 2
Average Analyst Rating 1.3 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 19,170
Average Daily Volume3 Month 62,823
Average Volume 62,823
Average Volume10Days 19,170
Beta -0.012
Bid 9.45
Bid Size 5
Book Value 3.758
City Princeton
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,798,675,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 7.83
Current Ratio 4.608
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 8.375
Day Low 7.8
Debt To Equity 3.345
Display Name Palatin
Dividend Yield 0.0
Ebitda -8,605,609
Ebitda Margins -0.65268
Enterprise To Ebitda -0.85
Enterprise To Revenue 0.555
Enterprise Value 7,317,629
Eps Current Year -2.41
Eps Forward -1.855
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -2.96
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NCM
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 10.0226
Fifty Day Average Change -2.1926003
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.21876562
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 14.705885
Fifty Two Week High 31.0
Fifty Two Week High Change -23.17
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.74741936
Fifty Two Week Low 5.61
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.2199998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.39572188
Fifty Two Week Range 5.61 - 31.0
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 876,922,200,000
Float Shares 1,489,043
Forward Eps -1.855
Forward P E -4.221024
Free Cashflow -10,665,235
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Full Time Employees 25
Fullday Change -0.35999966
Fullday Change Percent -4.3956003
Fullday Price 7.83
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.0619
Gross Profits 816,158
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.081099994
Held Percent Institutions 0.50109
Implied Shares Outstanding 1,780,939
Industry Biotechnology
Industry Disp Biotechnology
Industry Key biotechnology
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,782,777,600
Last Split Date 1,754,956,800
Last Split Factor 1:50
Long Business Summary Palatin Technologies, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops first-in-class medicines based on molecules that modulate the activity of the melanocortin receptor system in the United States. It is developing oral small molecule PL7737 agonist in preclinical studies; long-acting peptide MC4R agonists; and Bremelanotide co-administration with Tirzepatide to treat obesity completed Phase 2 clinical trial; completed a phase 2 of diabetic nephropathy It also provides pl9643 for dry eye disease; and oral PL8177 for inflammatory bowel diseases. licensing arrangements and other strategic transactions to advance and maximize the value of certain product candidates and program for the treatment of retinal diseases and with Altanispac Labs for PL9643 for the treatment of dry eye disease; and oral PL8177 for the treatment inflammatory bowel diseases. Palatin Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Princeton, New Jersey.
Long Name Palatin Technologies, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 13,944,752
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_32651
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -8,377,895
Next Fiscal Year End 1,814,313,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 18,273,154
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 8.01
Operating Cashflow -13,533,270
Operating Margins -14.69495
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 1.62
Phone 609 495 2200
Previous Close 8.19
Price Eps Current Year -3.2489624
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.0835552
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.0576199
Profit Margins -0.63541
Quick Ratio 4.398
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.33333
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.35999966
Regular Market Change Percent -4.3956003
Regular Market Day High 8.375
Regular Market Day Low 7.8
Regular Market Day Range 7.8 - 8.375
Regular Market Open 8.01
Regular Market Previous Close 8.19
Regular Market Price 7.83
Regular Market Time 1,791,995,356
Regular Market Volume 19,697
Return On Assets -0.91897005
Return On Equity -8.775331
Revenue Per Share 4.664
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17004645
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Shares Outstanding 1,780,939
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.2049
Shares Short 364,901
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 345,482
Short Name Palatin Technologies, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.21540001
Short Ratio 2.69
Source Interval 15
State NJ
Symbol PTN
Target High Price 60.0
Target Low Price 47.5
Target Mean Price 53.5
Target Median Price 53.0
Total Cash 7,492,014
Total Cash Per Share 4.207
Total Debt 223,679
Total Revenue 13,185,031
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -2.96
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 14.74455
Two Hundred Day Average Change -6.91455
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.46895632
Type Disp Equity
Volume 19,697
Website https://palatin.com
Zip 8,540