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After finishing at $2.93 in the prior trading day, Alector Inc (NASDAQ: ALEC) closed at $3.1, up 5.80%. In other words, the price has increased by $5.80 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.02 million shares were traded. ALEC stock price reached its highest trading level at $3.155 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $2.92.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of ALEC by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.78 and its Current Ratio is at 3.78. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.55 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.43.
On December 17, 2024, Mizuho Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Outperform and also lowered its target price recommendation from $9 to $2.50.
Stifel Downgraded its Buy to Hold on December 16, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $4.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 02 ’25 when Wong-Sarad Grace sold 5,910 shares for $2.50 per share. The transaction valued at 14,756 led to the insider holds 103,448 shares of the business.
Berkley Neil Lindsay sold 15,842 shares of ALEC for $39,554 on Sep 02 ’25. The Principal Financial Officer now owns 346,570 shares after completing the transaction at $2.50 per share. On Sep 02 ’25, another insider, Kenkare-Mitra Sara, who serves as the President and Head of R&D of the company, sold 23,638 shares for $2.50 each. As a result, the insider received 59,019 and left with 543,339 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, ALEC now has a Market Capitalization of 313758208 and an Enterprise Value of 45961220. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.87 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.41. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.567 whereas that against EBITDA is -0.364.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ALEC is 0.96, which has changed by -0.33476394 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1529237 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ALEC has reached a high of $6.14, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.87. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 33.43%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 81.72%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.11M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1060060 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 101.21M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 76.22M. Insiders hold about 24.69% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 63.75% stake in the company. Shares short for ALEC as of 1757894400 were 5841774 with a Short Ratio of 5.27, compared to 1755216000 on 5472802. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5841774 and a Short% of Float of 7.28.
Earnings Estimates
The dynamic stock of Alector Inc (ALEC) is currently being evaluated by a team of 6.0 analysts, each contributing to its current rating.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.4, with high estimates of -$0.34 and low estimates of -$0.49.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$1.4 and -$1.62 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$1.51. EPS for the following year is -$1.06, with 7.0 analysts recommending between $0.07 and -$1.91.
Revenue Estimates
A total of 9 analysts have provided revenue estimates for ALEC’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $28.05M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $11.5M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $17.67M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $100.56MBased on 9 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $59.55M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $202.04M and the low estimate is $4.21M.
