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Ardelyx Inc (NASDAQ: ARDX) closed the day trading at $5.36 down -2.72% from the previous closing price of $5.51. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.72 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.97 million shares were traded. ARDX stock price reached its highest trading level at $5.531 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $5.33.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of ARDX, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.03 and its Current Ratio is at 4.30. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.48 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.47.
Raymond James Downgraded its Strong Buy to Outperform on May 02, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $11.
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 Aug 26 ’25 when Williams Laura A sold 80,000 shares for $6.12 per share. The transaction valued at 489,680 led to the insider holds 366,322 shares of the business.
Kelliher Mike sold 5,417 shares of ARDX for $32,132 on Aug 21 ’25. The Chief Business Officer now owns 276,741 shares after completing the transaction at $5.93 per share. On Aug 26 ’25, another insider, LAURA A WILLIAMS, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 80,000 shares for $6.06 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, ARDX now has a Market Capitalization of 1335044864 and an Enterprise Value of 1287619968. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.35 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 9.25. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.335 whereas that against EBITDA is -33.801.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ARDX is 0.66, which has changed by -0.17267269 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.17342639 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ARDX has reached a high of $7.04, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $3.21. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -6.46%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 7.73%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, ARDX traded about 3.95M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, ARDX traded about 3204920 shares per day. A total of 240.77M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 232.14M. Insiders hold about 3.67% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 69.80% stake in the company. Shares short for ARDX as of 1757894400 were 19764866 with a Short Ratio of 5.00, compared to 1755216000 on 23638622. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 19764866 and a Short% of Float of 9.28.
Earnings Estimates
Its stock is currently analyzed by 7.0 different market analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.05, with high estimates of $0.04 and low estimates of -$0.1.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.22 and -$0.47 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.37. EPS for the following year is -$0.03, with 7.0 analysts recommending between $0.32 and -$0.44.
Revenue Estimates
12 analysts predict $100.44M in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $109.86M to a low estimate of $94M. As of. The current estimate, Ardelyx Inc’s year-ago sales were $98.24MFor the next quarter, 12 analysts are estimating revenue of $111.56M. There is a high estimate of $127.28M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $100.2M.
A total of 12 analysts have provided revenue estimates for ARDX’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $408.92M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $366.5M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $383.76M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $333.62MBased on 12 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $487.74M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $559.73M and the low estimate is $394.03M.
