On Tuesday, Alkermes plc (NASDAQ: ALKS) opened lower -2.78% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $35.24. Price fluctuations for ALKS have ranged from $22.90 to $36.45 over the past 52 weeks.
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Healthcare Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 7.94% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -37.59% at the time writing. With a float of $158.41 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $162.18 million.
The firm has a total of 1800 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 84.0%, operating margin of 27.0%, and the pretax margin is 28.49%.
Alkermes plc (ALKS) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Drug Manufacturers – Specialty & Generic industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Alkermes plc is 2.59%, while institutional ownership is 102.82%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 28 ’25, was worth 65,892. In this transaction VP, Finance (Interim PAO) of this company sold 1,938 shares at a rate of $34.00, taking the stock ownership to the 7,717 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 25 ’25, when Company’s VP, Finance (Interim PAO) sold 3,743 for $35.26, making the entire transaction worth $131,978. This insider now owns 7,717 shares in total.
Alkermes plc (ALKS) Recent Fiscal highlights
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.47 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -37.59% per share during the next fiscal year.
Alkermes plc (NASDAQ: ALKS) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Alkermes plc (ALKS). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 2.65. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.58. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 13.73.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.18, a number that is poised to hit 0.29 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.84 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Alkermes plc (ALKS)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Alkermes plc, ALKS], we can find that recorded value of 1.86 million was better than the volume posted last year of 1.72 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 48.57%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.05.
During the past 100 days, Alkermes plc’s (ALKS) raw stochastic average was set at 79.68%, which indicates a significant increase from 28.02% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 27.20% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 32.42% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $31.98, while its 200-day Moving Average is $28.29. Now, the first resistance to watch is $35.18. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $36.09. The third major resistance level sits at $36.61. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $33.75, it is likely to go to the next support level at $33.23. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $32.32.
Alkermes plc (NASDAQ: ALKS) Key Stats
There are currently 162,614K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 5.57 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 1,558 M according to its annual income of 367,070 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 429,990 K and its income totaled 146,500 K.
