Simulations Plus Inc (NASDAQ: SLP) is 17.07% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $23.01 and a high of $51.22 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The SLP stock was last observed hovering at around $25.74 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 6.91%.
Currently trading at $32.65, the stock is 29.06% and 11.68% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.77 million and changing 26.85% at the moment leaves the stock 0.35% off its SMA200. SLP registered -31.77% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of 7.86%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $29.236 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $32.53635.
The stock witnessed a 28.64% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 15.58%, and is 27.14% up 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 13.84% over the week and 7.28% over the month.
Simulations Plus Inc (SLP) has around 247 employees, a market worth around $656.59M and $78.56M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 91.38 and Fwd P/E is 26.19. Profit margin for the company is 9.24%. Distance from 52-week low is 41.89% and -36.26% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.82%).
with sales reaching $22.87M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 109.16% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 29.07% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 23.34% in year-over-year returns.
Simulations Plus Inc (SLP) Top Institutional Holders
245.0 institutions hold shares in Simulations Plus Inc (SLP), with institutional investors hold 96.53% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 20.11M, and float is at 16.56M with Short Float at 9.67%. Institutions hold 79.52% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 2.46 million shares valued at $119.84 million. The investor’s holdings represent 12.3277% of the SLP Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is CONESTOGA CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC with 2.26 million shares valued at $110.06 million to account for 11.3212 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC which holds 1.27 million shares representing 6.358% and valued at over $61.81 million, while VANGUARD GROUP INC holds 5.7691 of the shares totaling 1.15 million with a market value of $56.09 million.
Simulations Plus Inc (SLP) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by WOLTOSZ WALTER S, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that WOLTOSZ WALTER S sold 20,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 01 ’25 at a price of $24.09 per share for a total of $0.48 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 3.36 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 03 ’25, WOLTOSZ WALTER S (Director) disposed off 20,000 shares at an average price of $28.68 for $0.57 million. The insider now directly holds 3,383,371 shares of Simulations Plus Inc (SLP).
