Opko Health Inc (NASDAQ: OPK) is -4.93% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $1.21 and a high of $2.04 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 OPK stock was last observed hovering at around $1.37 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.02%.
Currently trading at $1.35, the stock is -0.84% and 0.75% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.72 million and changing -1.46% at the moment leaves the stock -9.96% off its SMA200. OPK registered -8.16% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -8.78%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $1.34 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $1.49935.
The stock witnessed a 2.27% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -4.26%, and is -3.57% 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 4.05% over the week and 3.42% over the month.
Opko Health Inc (OPK) has around 2997 employees, a market worth around $1.07B and $689.37M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -5.66%. Distance from 52-week low is 11.57% and -33.66% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-2.33%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -335.42% this year.
Opko Health Inc (OPK) Top Institutional Holders
308.0 institutions hold shares in Opko Health Inc (OPK), with institutional investors hold 58.17% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 671.61M, and float is at 350.18M with Short Float at 9.26%. Institutions hold 30.94% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is RUBRIC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP with over 44.42 million shares valued at $55.53 million. The investor’s holdings represent 6.3714% of the OPK Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 29.25 million shares valued at $36.56 million to account for 4.1946 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 28.24 million shares representing 4.0507% and valued at over $35.3 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 1.3695 of the shares totaling 9.55 million with a market value of $11.94 million.
Opko Health Inc (OPK) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchased by FROST PHILLIP MD ET AL, the company’s CEO & Chairman. SEC filings show that FROST PHILLIP MD ET AL bought 125,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 10 ’25 at a price of $1.36 per share for a total of $0.17 million. Following the purchased, the insider now owns 214.0 million shares.
Opko Health Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Apr 08 ’25 that FROST PHILLIP MD ET AL (CEO & Chairman) bought a total of 125,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Apr 08 ’25 and was made at $1.48 per share for $0.18 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 213.88 million shares of the OPK stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 01 ’25, FROST PHILLIP MD ET AL (CEO & Chairman) acquired 100,000 shares at an average price of $1.65 for $0.16 million. The insider now directly holds 213,751,448 shares of Opko Health Inc (OPK).
