Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: AMPH) kicked off on Tuesday, down -2.17% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $39.12. Over the past 52 weeks, AMPH has traded in a range of $36.56-$65.92.
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A company in the Healthcare sector has jumped its sales by 17.24% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 17.16%. With a float of $35.79 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $48.37 million.
In an organization with 1761 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 51.98%, operating margin of 29.71%, and the pretax margin is 25.95%.
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc (AMPH) Insider Updates
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Drug Manufacturers – Specialty & Generic Industry. The insider ownership of Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc is 25.56%, while institutional ownership is 74.86%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 13 ’24, was worth 361,840. In this transaction SENIOR EVP, PRODUCTION CENTER of this company sold 8,000 shares at a rate of $45.23, taking the stock ownership to the 118,469 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 12 ’24, when Company’s SENIOR EVP, PRODUCTION CENTER sold 7,000 for $44.42, making the entire transaction worth $310,975. This insider now owns 118,469 shares in total.
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc (AMPH) Performance Highlights and Predictions
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.92 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 17.16% per share during the next fiscal year.
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: AMPH) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc’s (AMPH) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 2.61. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.54. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 10.81.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.01, a number that is poised to hit 0.96 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.24 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc (AMPH)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.0 million. That was better than the volume of 0.42 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 7.11%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.54.
During the past 100 days, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc’s (AMPH) raw stochastic average was set at 2.43%, which indicates a significant decrease from 5.20% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 28.66% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 44.19% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $46.12, while its 200-day Moving Average is $43.82. However, in the short run, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $39.26. Second resistance stands at $40.24. The third major resistance level sits at $40.93. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $37.58, it is likely to go to the next support level at $36.89. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $35.91.
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: AMPH) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 1.84 billion has total of 48,081K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 644,400 K in contrast with the sum of 137,550 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 191,210 K and last quarter income was 40,430 K.
