On Tuesday, Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: VNDA) opened lower -5.56% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $5.58. Price fluctuations for VNDA have ranged from $3.30 to $6.75 over the past 52 weeks.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Healthcare sector was 1.11%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -250.00% at the time writing. With a float of $55.10 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $57.53 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 203 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc (VNDA) Insider Activity
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Biotechnology industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc is 5.33%, while institutional ownership is 83.17%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 05 ’24, was worth 100,273. In this transaction President and CEO of this company sold 24,288 shares at a rate of $4.13, taking the stock ownership to the 1,871,730 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 05 ’24, when Company’s SVP, Chief Marketing Officer sold 9,229 for $4.21, making the entire transaction worth $38,830. This insider now owns 129,789 shares in total.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc (VNDA) Earnings and Forecasts
If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 12/31/2023, the company posted 0.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, besting the agreed prediction (set at 0.08) by 0.04. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -250.00% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 36.10% during the next five years compared to -37.98% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: VNDA) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc (VNDA). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 4.69. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.73.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.08 and is forecasted to reach -0.33 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc (VNDA)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 1.8 million, its volume of 1.11 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 11.86%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.35.
During the past 100 days, Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc’s (VNDA) raw stochastic average was set at 52.26%, which indicates a significant increase from 3.90% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 60.81% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 87.69% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $5.37, while its 200-day Moving Average is $4.42. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $5.52 in the near term. At $5.76, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $5.92. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $5.12, it is likely to go to the next support level at $4.96. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $4.72.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: VNDA) Key Stats
There are currently 58,198K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 306.71 million. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 192,640 K according to its annual income of 2,510 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 47,460 K and its income totaled -4,150 K.
