A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Aquestive Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: AQST) stock price up 3.94% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $2.54. AQST’s price has ranged from $2.24 to $6.23 over the past 52 weeks.
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A company in the Healthcare sector has jumped its sales by 2.34% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -30.07%. With a float of $87.68 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $91.41 million.
In an organization with 142 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 68.95%, operating margin of -53.46%, and the pretax margin is -76.7%.
Aquestive Therapeutics Inc (AQST) Insider and Institutional Ownership
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Drug Manufacturers – Specialty & Generic Industry. The insider ownership of Aquestive Therapeutics Inc is 11.32%, while institutional ownership is 38.70%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 26 ’24, was worth 214. In this transaction Chief Operating Officer of this company sold 44 shares at a rate of $4.87, taking the stock ownership to the 0 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 15 ’24, when Company’s Chief Innovation/Tech Officer sold 50,000 for $6.00, making the entire transaction worth $300,000. This insider now owns 984,476 shares in total.
Aquestive Therapeutics Inc (AQST) Latest Financial update
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.16 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -30.07% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 13.68% during the next five years compared to 27.90% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Aquestive Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: AQST) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Aquestive Therapeutics Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 4.36. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.53.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.52, a number that is poised to hit -0.17 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach -0.56 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Aquestive Therapeutics Inc (AQST)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.48 million. That was inferior than the volume of 1.75 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 34.18%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.20.
During the past 100 days, Aquestive Therapeutics Inc’s (AQST) raw stochastic average was set at 5.67%, which indicates a significant decrease from 25.00% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 57.09% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 63.84% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $3.08, while its 200-day Moving Average is $3.78. However, in the short run, Aquestive Therapeutics Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $2.70. Second resistance stands at $2.76. The third major resistance level sits at $2.85. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $2.55, it is likely to go to the next support level at $2.46. The third support level lies at $2.40 if the price breaches the second support level.
Aquestive Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: AQST) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 261.02 million, the company has a total of 98,871K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 57,560 K while annual income is -44,140 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 11,870 K while its latest quarter income was -17,060 K.
