Glaukos Corporation (NYSE: GKOS) is -30.51% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $84.08 and a high of $163.71 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 GKOS stock was last observed hovering at around $103.20 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.99%.
Currently trading at $104.19, the stock is -20.86% and -28.44% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.4 million and changing 0.96% at the moment leaves the stock -20.78% off its SMA200. GKOS registered 23.58% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -20.35%.
The stock witnessed a -33.68% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -23.39%, and is -13.19% 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 6.93% over the week and 5.02% over the month.
Glaukos Corporation (GKOS) has around 995 employees, a market worth around $5.89B and $383.48M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -38.17%. Distance from 52-week low is 23.92% and -36.36% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-16.82%).
with sales reaching $102.78M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 46.85% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 25.15% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 20.03% in year-over-year returns.
Glaukos Corporation (GKOS) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 56.44M, and float is at 54.56M with Short Float at 6.38%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 8.04 million shares valued at $951.27 million. The investor’s holdings represent 15.849% of the GKOS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is FMR LLC with 6.79 million shares valued at $803.35 million to account for 13.3844 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 5.45 million shares representing 10.7518% and valued at over $645.33 million, while BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC holds 3.7424 of the shares totaling 1.9 million with a market value of $224.62 million.
Glaukos Corporation (GKOS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Foley Mark J, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Foley Mark J sold 20,687 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 26 ’25 at a price of $120.72 per share for a total of $2.5 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 54249.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 14 ’25, Navratil Tomas (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER) disposed off 3,416 shares at an average price of $147.14 for $0.5 million. The insider now directly holds 72,437 shares of Glaukos Corporation (GKOS).
