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The price of Alector Inc (NASDAQ: ALEC) closed at $1.4 in the last session, down -5.41% from day before closing price of $1.48. In other words, the price has decreased by -$5.41 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.68 million shares were traded. ALEC stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.49 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.365.
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 3.34 and its Current Ratio is at 3.34. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.43 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.34.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Mizuho on December 17, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Neutral and sets its target price to $2.50 from $9 previously.
On December 16, 2024, Stifel Downgraded its rating to Hold which previously was Buy but kept the price unchanged to $4.
BofA Securities Downgraded its Neutral to Underperform on December 04, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $9 to $1.
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 Jun 20 ’25 when Yaffe Kristine sold 1,000 shares for $1.44 per share. The transaction valued at 1,440 led to the insider holds 95,409 shares of the business.
GRASSO MARC sold 16,488 shares of ALEC for $22,068 on Jun 02 ’25. The Chief Financial Officer now owns 296,072 shares after completing the transaction at $1.34 per share. On Jun 02 ’25, another insider, Kenkare-Mitra Sara, who serves as the President and Head of R&D of the company, sold 23,890 shares for $1.34 each. As a result, the insider received 31,974 and left with 512,252 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 148518992 and an Enterprise Value of -173513360. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.58 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.48. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at -1.964 whereas that against EBITDA is 1.25.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ALEC is 0.75, which has changed by -0.67741936 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12632763 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ALEC has reached a high of $6.78, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.87. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 7.14%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -43.14%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, ALEC traded on average about 897.87K shares per day over the past 3-months and 671370 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 99.99M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 75.41M. Insiders hold about 24.58% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 66.72% stake in the company. Shares short for ALEC as of 1749772800 were 6372729 with a Short Ratio of 7.10, compared to 1747267200 on 5365193. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6372729 and a Short% of Float of 8.06.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
Earnings Estimates
The current market rating for Alector Inc (ALEC) reflects the collective analysis of 4.0 analysts closely monitoring its performance.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.51, with high estimates of -$0.35 and low estimates of -$0.58.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$1.44 and -$2.14 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$1.94. EPS for the following year is -$1.35, with 6.0 analysts recommending between -$0.08 and -$2.53.
Revenue Estimates
According to 4 analysts, the current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $2.76M. It ranges from a high estimate of $3.92M to a low estimate of $2M. As of the current estimate, Alector Inc’s year-ago sales were $15.08MFor the next quarter, 4 analysts are estimating revenue of $2.82M. There is a high estimate of $4.17M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $2M.
A total of 7 analysts have provided revenue estimates for ALEC’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $16.2M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $9.38M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $12.11M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $100.56MBased on 7 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $59.36M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $201.42M and the low estimate is $4.21M.
