A new trading day began on Monday, with Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: LXRX) stock price up 9.93% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $1.41. LXRX’s price has ranged from $0.28 to $2.17 over the past 52 weeks.
Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 69.35%. With a float of $182.75 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $363.40 million.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (LXRX) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
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 49.71%, while institutional ownership is 23.95%.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (LXRX) Recent Fiscal highlights
In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, the company reported earnings of -0.18 per share, which was $0.1 lower 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.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 69.35% per share during the next 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 4.16. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 9.64.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.33, a number that is poised to hit -0.07 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach -0.27 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (LXRX)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc, LXRX], we can find that recorded value of 2.66 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 7.56 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 86.21%.
During the past 100 days, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc’s (LXRX) raw stochastic average was set at 100.00%, which indicates a significant increase from 100.00% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.0939 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 0.0788 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $1.1708, while its 200-day Moving Average is $0.8193. Now, the first resistance to watch is $1.5900. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $1.6300. The third major resistance level sits at $1.7100. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $1.4700, it is likely to go to the next support level at $1.3900. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $1.3500.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: LXRX) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 563.27 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.
