Why should you keep an eye on Exelixis Inc (EXEL)?

Exelixis Inc (NASDAQ: EXEL) is 33.21% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $20.14 and a high of $48.85 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 EXEL stock was last observed hovering at around $44.69 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.33%.

Currently trading at $44.36, the stock is 12.09% and 17.85% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.48 million and changing -0.74% at the moment leaves the stock 34.19% off its SMA200. EXEL registered 108.95% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 26.56%.

The stock witnessed a 24.64% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 26.49%, and is 20.05% 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 6.42% over the week and 3.98% over the month.

Exelixis Inc (EXEL) has around 1147 employees, a market worth around $12.10B and $2.30B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 20.13 and Fwd P/E is 15.52. Profit margin for the company is 27.99%. Distance from 52-week low is 120.26% and -9.19% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (27.76%).

The EPS is expected to grow by 40.40% this year.

Exelixis Inc (EXEL) Top Institutional Holders

The shares outstanding are 275.03M, and float is at 263.68M with Short Float at 7.28%.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 33.5 million shares valued at $752.8 million. The investor’s holdings represent 11.5838% of the EXEL Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 29.65 million shares valued at $666.33 million to account for 10.2533 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC which holds 27.1 million shares representing 9.371% and valued at over $608.99 million, while RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC holds 5.2428 of the shares totaling 15.16 million with a market value of $340.71 million.

Exelixis Inc (EXEL) Insider Activity

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Exelixis Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 16 ’25 that POSTE GEORGE (Director) sold a total of 20,634 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 16 ’25 and was made at $45.99 per share for $0.95 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.17 million shares of the EXEL stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on May 16 ’25, Senner Christopher J. (EVP and CFO) disposed off 100,000 shares at an average price of $46.00 for $4.6 million. The insider now directly holds 967,842 shares of Exelixis Inc (EXEL).

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