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The price of Alector Inc (NASDAQ: ALEC) closed at $3.94 in the last session, up 4.79% from day before closing price of $3.76. In other words, the price has increased by $4.79 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.72 million shares were traded. ALEC stock price reached its highest trading level at $4.11 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $3.75.
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 3.29 and its Current Ratio is at 3.29. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.29 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.22.
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, Stifel on December 14, 2023, Upgraded its rating to Buy and sets its target price to $15 from $8 previously.
On December 12, 2023, Deutsche Bank started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $12.
On September 25, 2023, Goldman started tracking the stock assigning a Sell rating and target price of $4.Goldman initiated its Sell rating on September 25, 2023, with a $4 target price.
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 03 ’24 when GRASSO MARC sold 7,297 shares for $4.88 per share. The transaction valued at 35,620 led to the insider holds 130,740 shares of the business.
Rosenthal Arnon sold 26,499 shares of ALEC for $129,387 on Sep 03 ’24. The Chief Executive Officer now owns 1,948,746 shares after completing the transaction at $4.88 per share. On Sep 03 ’24, another insider, Kenkare-Mitra Sara, who serves as the President and Head of R&D of the company, sold 13,926 shares for $4.88 each. As a result, the insider received 67,981 and left with 291,715 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 385854464 and an Enterprise Value of -36708536. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.57 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.24. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at -0.597 whereas that against EBITDA is 0.207.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, ALEC has reached a high of $8.90, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $3.49. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -19.77%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -26.47%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, ALEC traded on average about 582.81K shares per day over the past 3-months and 741940 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 84.88M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 75.34M. Insiders hold about 23.07% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 72.93% stake in the company. Shares short for ALEC as of 1730332800 were 4703451 with a Short Ratio of 8.07, compared to 1727654400 on 4145007. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4703451 and a Short% of Float of 6.83.
