Glaukos Corporation (NYSE: GKOS) is -44.28% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $77.91 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 $94.25 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -10.71%.
Currently trading at $83.54, the stock is -7.53% and -17.42% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.56 million and changing -11.36% at the moment leaves the stock -34.68% off its SMA200. GKOS registered -14.05% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -37.69%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $101.1614 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $127.89055.
The stock witnessed a -13.96% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -47.04%, and is -12.46% 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 5.24% over the week and 6.74% over the month.
Glaukos Corporation (GKOS) has around 995 employees, a market worth around $4.77B and $383.48M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -38.17%. Distance from 52-week low is 7.23% and -48.97% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-16.82%).
with sales reaching $115.52M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 52.51% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 25.09% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 20.72% in year-over-year returns.
440.0 institutions hold shares in Glaukos Corporation (GKOS), with institutional investors hold 104.75% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 56.44M, and float is at 54.98M with Short Float at 5.76%. Institutions hold 101.32% of the Float.
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 Thurman Alex R., the company’s SVP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. SEC filings show that Thurman Alex R. sold 1,520 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 25 ’25 at a price of $106.84 per share for a total of $0.16 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 53431.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 26 ’25, Foley Mark J (Director) disposed off 20,687 shares at an average price of $120.72 for $2.5 million. The insider now directly holds 54,249 shares of Glaukos Corporation (GKOS).
