NeuroMetrix (NASDAQ:NURO) is rocketing higher on Friday as retail investors short-squeeze share of the company’s stock.
Retail traders are taking to social media to push shares of NURO stock higher today. While the stock has seen positive movement throughout the week, today’s finally the day that it pops with increasing interest.
An example of this is the heavy trading that NURO stock is experiencing today. As of this writing, more than 39 million shares of the stock have changed hands. To put that in perspective, the company’s daily average trading volume is closer to 8.1 million shares.
Keeping all of this in mind, let’s take a look at what the company behind NURO stock is all about.
- NeuroMetrix is a commercial-stage company with three product offerings.
- They include its DPNCheck diagnostic device for peripheral neuropathies, the Advance diagnostic device for focal neuropathies, as well as its Quell neurostimulation device for chronic pain.
- The company was founded in 1996 as a spin-off of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.
- It joined the public market back in July 2004.
- The company’s headquarters is based out of Woburn, Mass.
- Shai Gozani leads the company as its founder, president, chairman, and CEO.
- Thomas Higgins serves alongside him as the company’s senior vice president and CFO.
- Michael MacDonald is another member of the leadership team and is the senior vice president and general manager of its Diagnostics division.
- It’s worth pointing out that NURO stock has a market capitalization of 84.88 million.
NURO stock is up 52.7% as of Friday morning.
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