How does Trendshare evaluate PRVB as a worked example?

This example shows how we apply the Trendshare checklist to PRVB: earnings power, cash generation, valuation, and margin of safety. We look at business quality, free cash flow trends, price to earnings, and whether there is a reasonable margin of safety at the current price of 9.30.

Provention Bio Stock Price and Value Analysis

Should you buy Provention Bio stock? (NASDAQ:PRVB). Let's see how it does in our automated value investing analysis system.

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This company has amazingly consistent growth!	This company is less known than others. This company is not making money. This stock looks overpriced.	This company pays no dividend.

Inside the PRVB Numbers

	PRVB Price (Provention Bio stock price per share)	$9.30
× PE Ratio Versus Sector The PE ratio measures the reported earnings of a company to its current stock price. While earnings are easy to manipulate on the balance sheet, this ratio gives you a sense of what buyers are willing to pay for the stock—what they believe it will do in the future. Comparing a stock's PE to the average PE of companies in its industry gives you a sense of market sentiment about the stock and how well it fares financially. It's not the only number, nor the most important, but comparing similar companies is valuable. A ratio far above or below that of its peers is significant. Industries are more specific than sectors, so companies within most industries are more similar than are companies within an industry. Be aware that the size and customers of companies are important to their prospects. Close ^[?]	PE Ratio versus Sector	100% lower than other Healthcare stocks
× PE Ratio Versus Industry The PE ratio measures the reported earnings of a company to its current stock price. While earnings are easy to manipulate on the balance sheet, this ratio gives you a sense of what buyers are willing to pay for the stock—what they believe it will do in the future. Comparing a stock's PE to the average PE of companies in its sector gives you a sense of market sentiment about the stock and how well it fares financially. It's not the only number, nor the most important, but comparing similar companies is valuable. A ratio far above or below that of its peers is significant. Be aware that sectors are very broad, with many types of companies in the same sector. Close ^[?]	PE Ratio versus Industry	100% lower than other Biotechnology stocks

This stock has short interest! This means that people have shorted it.

Why does that matter? They've made a bet that price will decrease from where they bought it. Maybe there are financial problems, or maybe there's a value play.

As of the latest analysis, there are 3,480,079 shares shorted. With 56,066,390 shares available for purchase and an average trading volume over the past 10 trading days of 1,041,670, it would take at least 3.341 days for all of the short holders to cover their shorts.

Is Provention Bio Stock on Sale?

Based on our analysis, we believe that you should not buy Provention Bio right now. It might be a good stock to own—we just can't prove it with value analysis right now. Proceed with caution.

Should You Buy PRVB Stock?

Does Provention Bio have a coherent story? Does it have a plan to continue to make money? Is it worth your time? Only you can decide where to go from here. Our investment guide helps you ask the right questions, including how to buy stocks. Use these research links for more information.

Step 1 — Snapshot
- Price: 9.30
- Market cap: $589M
- EPS: -1.879
Step 2 — Valuation checks
- P/E: 0
- FCF yield: —
- Date checked: Dec 16, 2022
Step 3 — Margin of safety
- Compare price to fair value and safety price.
- Look for durable cash generation and reasonable leverage.
- Decide if it passes your personal checklist.

Illustrative sparkline of recent price-like movements (not an actual price series). The blue line shows a simplified trend; the gray baseline is a notional recent level. This graphic is a visual aid only — use the numeric values in the steps above for decisions.

Provention Bio Stock Price and Value Analysis

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Inside the PRVB Numbers

Is Provention Bio Stock on Sale?

Should You Buy PRVB Stock?

Step 1 — Snapshot

Step 2 — Valuation checks

Step 3 — Margin of safety