Galapagos NV ADR (NASDAQ: GLPG) is -13.60% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $23.53 and a high of $40.34 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The GLPG stock was last observed hovering at around $23.90 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.14%.
Currently trading at $23.76, the stock is -10.43% and -11.58% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.22 million and changing -0.59% at the moment leaves the stock -14.18% off its SMA200. GLPG registered -38.60% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -11.18%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $26.8722 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $27.6872.
The stock witnessed a -11.71% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -19.68%, and is -7.37% 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 2.39% over the week and 2.37% over the month.
Distance from 52-week low is 0.98% and -41.10% from its 52-week high.
The EPS is expected to shrink by -112.83% this year.
Galapagos NV ADR (GLPG) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 65.90M, and float is at 64.49M with Short Float at 2.52%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is ECOR1 CAPITAL, LLC with over 5.76 million shares valued at $142.64 million. The investor’s holdings represent 8.7352% of the GLPG Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is FMR LLC with 2.89 million shares valued at $71.56 million to account for 4.3823 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BVF INC/IL which holds 1.57 million shares representing 2.3816% and valued at over $38.89 million, while DEERFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. (SERIES C) holds 2.1412 of the shares totaling 1.41 million with a market value of $34.96 million.
Galapagos NV ADR (GLPG) Insider Activity
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