Vital Therapies: An Attractive Opportunity For An Acquirer To Get The ELAD System For Almost Free [Seeking Alpha]
VITAL THERAPIES (VTL)
Last vital therapies earnings: 8/7 04:01 pm
Check Earnings Report
US:NASDAQ Investor Relations:
ir.vitaltherapies.com/node/5806
Company Research
Source: Seeking Alpha
Summary Summary: Shares of Vital Therapies ( VTL ) are trading at a market cap of just $13M after the failed VTL-308 trial. We see value in the stock and bought it around $0.27/share. While the management is not keen to develop the ELAD system further, an acquirer could buy the company, while getting the ELAD system for almost free. When developed in the right clinical indications with some modifications, ELAD system could have an annual revenue of $350M in the U.S. alone and could be worth $1 billion. VTL data by YCharts Background on extracorporeal artificial liver support systems: Acute liver failure, ALF may occur due to causes like toxicity (e.g acetaminophen), infections (like viral hepatitis), ischemia (e.g. in shock states), etc. Liver transplantation is the most definitive treatment for ALF, and the treatment is usually supportive. However, there is a shortage of available donor organs and only 20% of ALF patients receive
Show less
Read more
Impact Snapshot
Event Time:
VTL
Last Price
Price Change
Price Change%
Volume Shares
Max Up
Max Down
%
Volume Ratio
Performance Comparison
Updated
|
Event Day
Stock performance from the time of news release until the following 4pm ET market close
|
Last price at news event
|
Since Event
Multi-day stock performance from the time of the news release
|
|---|---|---|
|
EVENT DAY
Stock performance from the time of news release until the following 4pm ET market close
|
LAST
PRICE AT NEWS EVENT |
SINCE EVENT
Multi-day stock performance from the time of the news release
|
| Last Price | ||
| VWAP | ||
|
High:
|
Max Up |
High:
|
|
Low:
|
Max Down |
Low:
|
|
%
|
Post news range |
%
|
|
|
Price change |
|
|
|
Price Change Percentage |
|
|
|
S&P 500 (SPX) |
|
|
%
|
Volume ratio |
%
|
| Volume | ||
| Ticks | ||
|
|
Avg transaction size |
|
Don't Miss Out On The Next BIG Stock Move
Event day
Event Day Chart will not be displayed beyond 90-day period of the event
Performance since event
Time And Velocity Analysis
Be the first to know
Opt in for alerts from News Quantifed
Sign Up Today
Opt-in for
VTL alerts
Learn More With NQ
Reading the Impact Report
Help Me Understand This Data
Help Me Understand This Data
How NQ Works
What is news-based trading?
And why is it so successful?
And why is it so successful?
Movers & Shakers
The biggest gainers and losers and WHY it moved
VTL alerts
High impacting VITAL THERAPIES news events
Weekly update
A roundup of the hottest topics