Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: APLS) is -24.32% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $23.77 and a high of $59.91 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 APLS stock was last observed hovering at around $24.81 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.66%.
Currently trading at $24.15, the stock is -4.95% and -13.14% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.67 million and changing -2.66% at the moment leaves the stock -26.34% off its SMA200. APLS registered -57.07% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -32.03%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $27.8025 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $32.78785.
The stock witnessed a -14.93% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -28.25%, and is -0.90% 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 4.07% over the week and 4.71% over the month.
Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc (APLS) has around 710 employees, a market worth around $3.03B and $781.37M in sales. Fwd P/E is 144.95. Profit margin for the company is -25.32%. Distance from 52-week low is 1.60% and -59.69% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-28.61%).
with sales reaching $197.6M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 37.94% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 10.80% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 14.67% in year-over-year returns.
375.0 institutions hold shares in Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc (APLS), with institutional investors hold 120.15% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 124.50M, and float is at 104.48M with Short Float at 19.92%. Institutions hold 103.50% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP with over 16.39 million shares valued at $628.67 million. The investor’s holdings represent 13.2269 of the APLS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is ECOR1 CAPITAL, LLC with 11.61 million shares valued at $445.26 million to account for 9.3681 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are AVORO CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC which holds 11.11 million shares representing 8.9675 and valued at over $426.22 million, while VANGUARD GROUP INC holds 7.9171 of the shares totaling 9.81 million with a market value of $376.29 million.
Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc (APLS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Chopas James George, the company’s VP/Chief Accounting Officer. SEC filings show that Chopas James George sold 183 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 17 ’25 at a price of $24.82 per share for a total of $4543.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 47955.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 05 ’25, Watson David O. (General Counsel) disposed off 5,569 shares at an average price of $25.10 for $0.14 million. The insider now directly holds 138,730 shares of Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc (APLS).
