PTC Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: PTCT) is 4.83% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $17.53 and a high of $59.84 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The PTCT stock was last observed hovering at around $30.79 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.9%.
Currently trading at $28.89, the stock is 0.57% and 4.17% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.88 million and changing -6.17% at the moment leaves the stock -6.67% off its SMA200. PTCT registered -38.48% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -25.19%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $3.80 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of -$10.80.
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The stock witnessed a 19.63% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 10.65%, and is -6.08% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.09% over the week and 5.96% over the month.
PTC Therapeutics Inc (PTCT) has around 995 employees, a market worth around $2.21B and $937.82M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -66.81%. Distance from 52-week low is 64.80% and -51.72% from its 52-week high.
PTC Therapeutics Inc quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at -$1.25 with sales reaching $170.36M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 26.07% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -35.30% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -22.70% in year-over-year returns.
271 institutions hold shares in PTC Therapeutics Inc (PTCT), with institutional investors hold 116.06% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 75.71M, and float is at 73.66M with Short Float at 15.48%. Institutions hold 112.78% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is FMR, LLC with over 10.25 million shares valued at $416.99 million. The investor’s holdings represent 13.61% of the PTCT Shares outstanding. As of Jun 29, 2023, the second largest holder is Vanguard Group Inc with 7.55 million shares valued at $307.16 million to account for 10.02% of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are RTW Investments LP which holds 7.24 million shares representing 9.60% and valued at over $294.26 million, while Blackrock Inc. holds 9.11% of the shares totaling 6.87 million with a market value of $279.25 million.
PTC Therapeutics Inc (PTCT) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Boulding Mark Elliott, the company’s EXEC. VP AND CLO. SEC filings show that Boulding Mark Elliott sold 794 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 30 ’24 at a price of $27.25 per share for a total of $21637.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 71189.0 shares.
PTC Therapeutics Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jan 30 ’24 that Almstead Neil Gregory (CHIEF TECHNICAL OPS OFFICER) sold a total of 618 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jan 30 ’24 and was made at $27.25 per share for $16841.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 61202.0 shares of the PTCT stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 30 ’24, Pauwels Eric (CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER) disposed off 366 shares at an average price of $27.25 for $9974.0. The insider now directly holds 44,181 shares of PTC Therapeutics Inc (PTCT).
