Let’s look at the key reasons that are pushing Esperion Therapeutics Inc. (ESPR) to new highs

Esperion Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: ESPR) on Friday, soared 1.94% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $2.06. Within the past 52 weeks, ESPR’s price has moved between $0.71 and $3.40.

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Healthcare Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 7.64% over the last five years. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 85.83%. With a float of $194.19 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $196.22 million.

The firm has a total of 240 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 81.81%, operating margin of 1.78%, and the pretax margin is -35.46%.

Esperion Therapeutics Inc. (ESPR) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock

Observing investor behavior towards Drug Manufacturers – Specialty & Generic industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Esperion Therapeutics Inc. is 1.04%, while institutional ownership is 68.10%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 17 ’24, was worth 227. In this transaction Chief Commercial Officer of this company sold 107 shares at a rate of $2.12, taking the stock ownership to the 162,552 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 17 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 107 for $2.12, making the entire transaction worth $227.

Esperion Therapeutics Inc. (ESPR) Recent Fiscal highlights

As on 6/30/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported -0.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the period topping the consensus outlook (set at -0.43) by 0.06. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.07 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 85.83% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 16.90% during the next five years compared to 23.09% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Esperion Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: ESPR) Trading Performance Indicators

Esperion Therapeutics Inc. (ESPR) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.49 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.48.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.88, a number that is poised to hit -0.17 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.13 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Esperion Therapeutics Inc. (ESPR)

Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Esperion Therapeutics Inc., ESPR], we can find that recorded value of 2.52 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 6.23 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 47.89%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.12.

During the past 100 days, Esperion Therapeutics Inc.’s (ESPR) raw stochastic average was set at 33.77%, which indicates a significant decrease from 71.79% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 52.50% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 72.15% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $1.85, while its 200-day Moving Average is $2.23. Now, the first resistance to watch is $2.16. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $2.21. The third major resistance level sits at $2.27. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $2.05, it is likely to go to the next support level at $1.99. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $1.94.

Esperion Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: ESPR) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 412.06 million based on 189,460K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 116,330 K and income totals -209,250 K. The company made 73,830 K in profit during its latest quarter, and -61,930 K in sales during its previous quarter.