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What should you know before buying stock in Opko Health Inc (OPK)

Opko Health Inc (NASDAQ: OPK) is -0.68% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $1.15 and a high of $2.04 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 OPK stock was last observed hovering at around $1.53 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.07%.

Currently trading at $1.46, the stock is -14.67% and -13.68% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.11 million and changing -4.58% at the moment leaves the stock -5.40% off its SMA200. OPK registered 8.15% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -2.01%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $1.6914 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $1.54335.

The stock witnessed a -20.65% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 0.69%, and is -12.05% 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 5.95% over the week and 4.30% over the month.

Opko Health Inc (OPK) has around 2997 employees, a market worth around $980.46M and $713.10M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -7.47%. Distance from 52-week low is 26.96% and -28.26% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-2.89%).

with sales reaching $163.13M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -277.08% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -7.09% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -6.08% in year-over-year returns.

Opko Health Inc (OPK) Top Institutional Holders

295.0 institutions hold shares in Opko Health Inc (OPK), with institutional investors hold 66.82% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 671.55M, and float is at 304.08M with Short Float at 36.50%. Institutions hold 29.89% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is RUBRIC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP with over 44.42 million shares valued at $55.53 million. The investor’s holdings represent 6.3714% of the OPK Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 29.25 million shares valued at $36.56 million to account for 4.1946 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 28.24 million shares representing 3.9953% and valued at over $35.3 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 1.3695 of the shares totaling 9.55 million with a market value of $11.94 million.

Opko Health Inc (OPK) Insider Activity

The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by FROST PHILLIP MD ET AL, the company’s CEO & Chairman. SEC filings show that FROST PHILLIP MD ET AL bought 125,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 08 ’25 at a price of $1.48 per share for a total of $0.18 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 213.88 million shares.

Opko Health Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Apr 01 ’25 that FROST PHILLIP MD ET AL (CEO & Chairman) bought a total of 100,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Apr 01 ’25 and was made at $1.65 per share for $0.16 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 213.75 million shares of the OPK stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 28 ’25, FROST PHILLIP MD ET AL (CEO & Chairman) acquired 150,000 shares at an average price of $1.70 for $0.25 million. The insider now directly holds 213,651,448 shares of Opko Health Inc (OPK).

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