Published on 22 Oct 2023 on Simply Wall St. · via Yahoo Finance
While Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLRX) shareholders are probably generally happy, the stock hasn't had particularly good run recently, with the share price falling 28% in the last quarter. But that doesn't change the fact that the returns over the last year have been very strong. During that period, the share price soared a full 253%. So it is important to view the recent reduction in price through that lense. Investors should be wondering whether the business itself has the fundamental value required to continue to drive gains.
So let's investigate and see if the longer term performance of the company has been in line with the underlying business' progress.