On Friday, Ardelyx Inc (NASDAQ: ARDX) opened higher 4.78% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $5.02. Price fluctuations for ARDX have ranged from $4.02 to $9.33 over the past 52 weeks.
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Annual sales at Healthcare sector company grew by 159.99% over the past five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -36.07% at the time writing. With a float of $230.59 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $238.02 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted 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 and Institutional Ownership
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Biotechnology industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Ardelyx Inc is 3.26%, while institutional ownership is 63.71%. 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) Latest Financial update
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.06 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -36.07% per share during the next fiscal year.
Ardelyx Inc (NASDAQ: ARDX) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Ardelyx Inc (ARDX). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 4.31. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.76.
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)
Ardelyx Inc (NASDAQ: ARDX) saw its 5-day average volume 4.61 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 4.48 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 90.10%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.30.
During the past 100 days, Ardelyx Inc’s (ARDX) raw stochastic average was set at 49.01%, which indicates a significant decrease from 98.41% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 58.18% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 67.96% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $5.12, while its 200-day Moving Average is $5.51. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $5.40 in the near term. At $5.53, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $5.78. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $5.01, it is likely to go to the next support level at $4.76. The third support level lies at $4.62 if the price breaches the second support level.
Ardelyx Inc (NASDAQ: ARDX) Key Stats
There are currently 238,356K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 1.25 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 333,620 K according to its annual income of -39,140 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 116,130 K and its income totaled 4,640 K.
