Medpace Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: MEDP) is -21.05% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $250.05 and a high of $459.77 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 MEDP stock was last observed hovering at around $326.03 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -4.53%.
Currently trading at $321.5, the stock is 4.64% and 6.05% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.18 million and changing -1.39% at the moment leaves the stock -1.54% off its SMA200. MEDP registered -3.23% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -3.55%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $303.162 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $326.53754.
The stock witnessed a 5.04% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 3.30%, and is 4.79% 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 3.07% over the week and 3.06% over the month.
Medpace Holdings Inc (MEDP) has around 5900 employees, a market worth around $9.24B and $2.16B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 24.54 and Fwd P/E is 24.39. Profit margin for the company is 19.31%. Distance from 52-week low is 28.57% and -30.07% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (57.81%).
with sales reaching $537.98M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 1.02% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 3.58% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 1.87% in year-over-year returns.
772.0 institutions hold shares in Medpace Holdings Inc (MEDP), with institutional investors hold 115.13% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 29.77M, and float is at 23.32M with Short Float at 13.27%. Institutions hold 91.47% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 2.58 million shares valued at $1.06 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 8.3202 of the MEDP Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 2.53 million shares valued at $1.04 billion to account for 8.1567 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are WASATCH ADVISORS LP which holds 0.97 million shares representing 3.1213 and valued at over $398.38 million, while INVESCO LTD. holds 2.604 of the shares totaling 0.81 million with a market value of $332.35 million.
Medpace Holdings Inc (MEDP) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by DAVENPORT FRED B JR, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that DAVENPORT FRED B JR sold 1,712 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 24 ’25 at a price of $301.82 per share for a total of $0.52 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 2998.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 27 ’25, EWALD STEPHEN P (General Counsel & Corp. Secy.) acquired 2 shares at an average price of $326.11 for $652.0. The insider now directly holds 13,343 shares of Medpace Holdings Inc (MEDP).
