As on Thursday, Ardelyx Inc (NASDAQ: ARDX) started slowly as it slid -0.36% to $5.55, before settling in for the price of $5.57 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, ARDX posted a 52-week range of $3.21-$6.78.
It was noted that the giant of the Healthcare sector posted annual sales growth of 35.34% over the last 5 years. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 35.34%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -39.25%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $242.97 million, simultaneously with a float of $233.31 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $1.35 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $5.58, while the 200-day Moving Average is $5.01.
Ardelyx Inc (ARDX) Ownership Facts and Figures
Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Biotechnology industry. Ardelyx Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 3.98%, in contrast to 66.86% institutional ownership.
Ardelyx Inc (ARDX) Earnings and Revenue Records
Ardelyx Inc’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -39.25% and is forecasted to reach 0.14 in the upcoming year.
Ardelyx Inc (NASDAQ: ARDX) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Ardelyx Inc (ARDX). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 4.11. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 3.39.
In the same vein, ARDX’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded -0.24, a figure that is expected to reach 0.01 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 0.14 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Ardelyx Inc (ARDX)
Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Ardelyx Inc, ARDX], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 2.86 million was lower the volume of 4.42 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 28.21% While, its Average True Range was 45.16.
Raw Stochastic average of Ardelyx Inc (ARDX) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 57.14%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 15.14% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 0.34 that was higher than 0.23 volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
