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The price of Alector Inc (NASDAQ: ALEC) closed at $1.28 in the last session, down -1.54% from day before closing price of $1.3. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.54 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.98 million shares were traded. ALEC stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.29 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.17.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at ALEC’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.76 and its Current Ratio is at 3.76. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.66 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.50.
Mizuho Downgraded its Outperform to Neutral on October 22, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $1.50.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. 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 139713888 and an Enterprise Value of -113519112. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.02 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.38. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at -1.644 whereas that against EBITDA is 0.981.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ALEC is 0.68, which has changed by -0.7887789 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12121439 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 -50.64%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -28.19%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, ALEC traded on average about 2.67M shares per day over the past 3-months and 3187610 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 107.45M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 81.00M. Insiders hold about 25.78% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 62.12% stake in the company. Shares short for ALEC as of 1760486400 were 5166162 with a Short Ratio of 1.94, compared to 1757894400 on 5841774. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5166162 and a Short% of Float of 6.43.
Earnings Estimates
Alector Inc (ALEC) is currently under the scrutiny of 7.0 analysts, each contributing to the ongoing evaluation of its stock.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.35, with high estimates of -$0.35 and low estimates of -$0.35.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$1.4 and -$1.48 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$1.44. EPS for the following year is -$0.91, with 7.0 analysts recommending between $0.18 and -$1.71.
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 $11.55M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $17.7M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $100.56M
