Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: LXRX) is -43.66% 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 $1.23 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.03%.
Currently trading at $1.2, the stock is 15.58% and 47.65% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.91 million and changing -2.44% at the moment leaves the stock 40.88% off its SMA200. LXRX registered 62.49% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 73.91%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $0.813 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $0.85385.
The stock witnessed a 60.00% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 108.70%, and is 4.35% 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 11.86% over the week and 10.96% over the month.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (LXRX) has around 103 employees, a market worth around $435.81M and $31.21M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -568.04%. Distance from 52-week low is 323.13% and -51.02% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-95.22%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 49.60% this year.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (LXRX) Top Institutional Holders
164.0 institutions hold shares in Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (LXRX), with institutional investors hold 75.82% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 363.18M, and float is at 177.00M with Short Float at 18.76%. Institutions hold 74.93% of the Float.
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.
