A new trading day began on Friday, with Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: LXRX) stock price down -12.59% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $1.43. LXRX’s price has ranged from $0.28 to $1.66 over the past 52 weeks.
Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 73.50%. With a float of $183.06 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $363.40 million.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (LXRX) Insider and Institutional Ownership
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Biotechnology Industry. The insider ownership of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc is 49.63%, while institutional ownership is 23.61%.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (LXRX) Latest Financial update
In its latest quarterly report, released on 12/31/2024, the company reported earnings of -0.09 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.06 per share during the current fiscal year.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: LXRX) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 5.63. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 6.41.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.19, a number that is poised to hit -0.07 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach -0.26 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (LXRX)
The latest stats from [Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc, LXRX] show that its last 5-days average volume of 2.76 million was inferior to 6.98 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 40.32%.
During the past 100 days, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc’s (LXRX) raw stochastic average was set at 57.16%, which indicates a significant increase from 20.00% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.0837 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 0.0896 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $1.3158, while its 200-day Moving Average is $0.8973. Now, the first resistance to watch is $1.3833. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $1.5167. The third major resistance level sits at $1.6183. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $1.1483, it is likely to go to the next support level at $1.0467. The third support level lies at $0.9133 if the price breaches the second support level.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: LXRX) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 454.25 million, the company has a total of 363,399K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 31,080 K while annual income is -200,400 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 28,870 K while its latest quarter income was 3,250 K.
