Esperion Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ESPR) on Friday, soared 8.06% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $2.11. Within the past 52 weeks, ESPR’s price has moved between $0.87 and $3.40.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Healthcare Sector giant was 7.64%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 84.83%. With a float of $194.99 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $197.03 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 240 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 87.43%, operating margin of 5.57%, and the pretax margin is -29.37%.
Esperion Therapeutics Inc (ESPR) Insider Activity
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 68.75%. 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) Earnings and Forecasts
As on 9/30/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported -0.5 earnings per share (EPS) for the period falling under the consensus outlook (set at -0.48) by -0.02. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.12 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 84.83% 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 1.37 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 1.64.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.66, a number that is poised to hit -0.14 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.32 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Esperion Therapeutics Inc (ESPR)
Looking closely at Esperion Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ESPR), its last 5-days average volume was 7.13 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 6.17 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 75.43%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.15.
During the past 100 days, Esperion Therapeutics Inc’s (ESPR) raw stochastic average was set at 58.82%, which indicates a significant decrease from 82.00% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 58.23% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 70.24% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $1.91, while its 200-day Moving Average is $2.21. However, in the short run, Esperion Therapeutics Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $2.41. Second resistance stands at $2.54. The third major resistance level sits at $2.71. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $2.11, it is likely to go to the next support level at $1.94. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $1.81.
Esperion Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ESPR) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 485.43 million based on 196,225K 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.
