$4.50M in average volume shows that Ardelyx Inc (ARDX) is heading in the right direction

Ardelyx Inc (NASDAQ: ARDX) kicked off on Monday, up 2.47% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $4.46. Over the past 52 weeks, ARDX has traded in a range of $4.02-$9.33.

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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Healthcare Sector giant was 159.99%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -35.53%. With a float of $230.59 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $238.02 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 395 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 84.55%, operating margin of -8.38%, and the pretax margin is -11.65%.

Ardelyx Inc (ARDX) Insider Activity

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Biotechnology Industry. The insider ownership of Ardelyx Inc is 3.26%, while institutional ownership is 63.55%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Apr 04 ’25, was worth 191,151. In this transaction President & CEO of this company sold 41,666 shares at a rate of $4.59, taking the stock ownership to the 1,615,587 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 17 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 44,330 for $5.47, making the entire transaction worth $242,559.

Ardelyx Inc (ARDX) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -35.53% per share during the next fiscal year.

Ardelyx Inc (NASDAQ: ARDX) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at Ardelyx Inc’s (ARDX) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 4.31. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.27.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.17, a number that is poised to hit -0.11 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.26 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Ardelyx Inc (ARDX)

Looking closely at Ardelyx Inc (NASDAQ: ARDX), its last 5-days average volume was 6.08 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 4.47 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 43.96%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.33.

During the past 100 days, Ardelyx Inc’s (ARDX) raw stochastic average was set at 21.74%, which indicates a significant decrease from 45.45% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 50.29% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 67.49% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $5.23, while its 200-day Moving Average is $5.56. However, in the short run, Ardelyx Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $4.70. Second resistance stands at $4.82. The third major resistance level sits at $4.96. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $4.44, it is likely to go to the next support level at $4.30. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $4.18.

Ardelyx Inc (NASDAQ: ARDX) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 1.09 billion has total of 238,356K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 333,620 K in contrast with the sum of -39,140 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 116,130 K and last quarter income was 4,640 K.