LQDALiquidia Corporation

$42.62+84% 1Y

What is the market doing?

Mixed

No clear lean: nothing decisive, though heavily shorted (+13% of shares).

1 to watch, 2 neutral
TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 23, 2026

Rangebound, no clear trend. Overbought (RSI 83). Price is −20% vs its 200-day average.

Insider conviction−$25.9M (90 days to Oct 22, 2026)SEC EDGAR · Oct 22, 2026

Insiders were net sellers over the 90 days ending Oct 22, 2026; selling is often routine (taxes, diversification).

Short interest13% of sharesFINRA · Sep 30, 2026

Heavily shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover. Up 2.1% since the previous count, down from 13.0% of shares outstanding three months ago.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

1-year returntop 7% of the market
vs 200-day avgbehind 84% of the market

Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.

How LQDA is trading

Liquidia Corporation is +84% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 68 points ahead of the market.

+84%

1-year return · S&P 500 +16%

vs 200-day average
−20%

vs 200-day average · a clear downtrend

RSI (14)
83

RSI (14) · overbought, bought harder than it has been sold

Below its 52-week high
53%

Below its 52-week high

Oct 15, 2024$9.82 – $91.06 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 23, 2026
Details›
Last close2026-10-23
$42.62
1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
−40%
1 yearS&P 500 +16%
+84%
5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
+1288%
vs 50-day average$55.98
−24%
52-week high
$91.06
52-week low
$22.02
Annualised volatility
78%
Insider selling, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-22
$146M
Calendar-year price return
YearReturn
2026 (year to date)+24%
2025+193%
2024−2.2%
2023+89%
2022+31%
2021+65%
2020−31%
2019−80%
Average return by calendar month, 2018–2026
MonthYearsPositiveAverage
Jan86 of 8+8.1%
Feb86 of 8+4.3%
Mar84 of 8−1.2%
Apr83 of 8−5.8%
May87 of 8+20%
Jun82 of 8−3.0%
Jul83 of 8+0.84%
Aug94 of 9+1.9%
Sep93 of 9−1.8%
Oct96 of 9+6.9%
Nov86 of 8+7.5%
Dec86 of 8+15%

End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.

Where the price stands

Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.

What it has returned

With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.

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