On Tuesday, Alkermes plc (NASDAQ: ALKS) was 1.45% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $27.54. A 52-week range for ALKS has been $22.90 – $36.45.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Healthcare Sector giant was 7.94%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at -38.08%. With a float of $160.59 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $162.18 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 1800 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 84.25%, operating margin of 27.0%, and the pretax margin is 28.49%.
Alkermes plc (ALKS) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Alkermes plc stocks. The insider ownership of Alkermes plc is 2.57%, while institutional ownership is 101.36%. 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
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -38.08% per share during the next fiscal year.
Alkermes plc (NASDAQ: ALKS) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Alkermes plc (ALKS) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent 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 2.96. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 11.35.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.18, a number that is poised to hit 0.25 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.82 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Alkermes plc (ALKS)
Looking closely at Alkermes plc (NASDAQ: ALKS), its last 5-days average volume was 2.42 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 1.75 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 26.39%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.31.
During the past 100 days, Alkermes plc’s (ALKS) raw stochastic average was set at 21.85%, which indicates a significant decrease from 26.77% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 45.01% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 32.90% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $33.02, while its 200-day Moving Average is $29.25. However, in the short run, Alkermes plc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $28.17. Second resistance stands at $28.39. The third major resistance level sits at $28.76. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $27.57, it is likely to go to the next support level at $27.20. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $26.98.
Alkermes plc (NASDAQ: ALKS) Key Stats
There are 164,836K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 4.61 billion. As of now, sales total 1,558 M while income totals 367,070 K. Its latest quarter income was 429,990 K while its last quarter net income were 146,500 K.
