What should you know before buying stock in Applied Dna Sciences Inc (APDN)

Applied Dna Sciences Inc (NASDAQ: APDN) is -82.75% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $1.67 and a high of $460.00 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 APDN stock was last observed hovering at around $1.87 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.11%.

Currently trading at $1.76, the stock is -52.68% and -73.40% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.35 million and changing -5.88% at the moment leaves the stock -92.12% off its SMA200. APDN registered -99.60% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -96.58%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $6.5992 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $22.3623.

The stock witnessed a -75.32% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -80.35%, and is -1.68% 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 15.65% over the week and 17.88% over the month.

Applied Dna Sciences Inc (APDN) has around 48 employees, a market worth around $1.94M and $3.74M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -631.26%. Distance from 52-week low is 5.39% and -99.62% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-184.26%).

The EPS is expected to grow by 73.63% this year.

Applied Dna Sciences Inc (APDN) Top Institutional Holders

29.0 institutions hold shares in Applied Dna Sciences Inc (APDN), with institutional investors hold 33.41% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 1.08M, and float is at 1.03M with Short Float at 5.83%. Institutions hold 26.90% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is MATHER GROUP, LLC. with over 700.0 shares valued at $287.0. The investor’s holdings represent 0.0803% of the APDN Shares outstanding.