On Monday, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: LXRX) opened lower -5.08% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $1.97. Price fluctuations for LXRX have ranged from $0.92 to $3.79 over the past 52 weeks.
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Healthcare Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 186.21% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 10.13% at the time writing. With a float of $239.55 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $244.92 million.
The firm has a total of 285 workers. Let’s measure their productivity.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (LXRX) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Biotechnology industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc is 2.72%, while institutional ownership is 26.65%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 16 ’23, was worth 94,797. In this transaction Chief Executive Officer of this company bought 90,000 shares at a rate of $1.05, taking the stock ownership to the 914,359 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 10 ’23, when Company’s Chief Executive Officer bought 10,000 for $1.01, making the entire transaction worth $10,100. This insider now owns 824,359 shares in total.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (LXRX) Recent Fiscal highlights
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 7.79 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 10.13% per share during the next fiscal year.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: LXRX) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (LXRX). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 5.58. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 380.55.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.79, a number that is poised to hit -0.20 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach -0.66 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (LXRX)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc, LXRX], we can find that recorded value of 2.39 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 4.48 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 10.48%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.18.
During the past 100 days, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc’s (LXRX) raw stochastic average was set at 30.86%, which indicates a significant increase from 4.76% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 81.11% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 103.93% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $2.3838, while its 200-day Moving Average is $1.7182. Now, the first resistance to watch is $1.9400. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $2.0100. The third major resistance level sits at $2.0600. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $1.8200, it is likely to go to the next support level at $1.7700. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $1.7000.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: LXRX) Key Stats
There are currently 246,237K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 460.47 million. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 1,200 K according to its annual income of -177,120 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 700 K and its income totaled -49,760 K.
