Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: LXRX) is -2.51% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $0.28 and a high of $2.45 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 LXRX stock was last observed hovering at around $0.68 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.04%.
Currently trading at $0.72, the stock is 19.23% and 43.37% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.86 million and changing 5.79% at the moment leaves the stock -35.15% off its SMA200. LXRX registered -53.25% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -64.53%.
The stock witnessed a 62.45% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -1.02%, and is 4.65% 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 9.61% over the week and 14.52% over the month.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (LXRX) has around 103 employees, a market worth around $261.49M and $31.08M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -644.78%. Distance from 52-week low is 153.88% and -70.61% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-79.89%).
with sales reaching $1.18M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 42.06% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -69.95% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 4.72% in year-over-year returns.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (LXRX) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 361.49M, and float is at 180.38M with Short Float at 22.91%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is ARTAL GROUP S.A. with over 175.1 million shares valued at $294.17 million. The investor’s holdings represent 56.3318% of the LXRX Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is FMR LLC with 38.69 million shares valued at $64.99 million to account for 12.4462 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 9.89 million shares representing 3.1818% and valued at over $16.62 million, while BRAIDWELL LP holds 2.6686 of the shares totaling 8.29 million with a market value of $13.94 million.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (LXRX) Insider Activity
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