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Ardelyx Inc (NASDAQ: ARDX) closed the day trading at $6.36 down -0.31% from the previous closing price of $6.38. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.31 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.36 million shares were traded. ARDX stock price reached its highest trading level at $6.4 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $6.235.
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.
On May 02, 2025, Raymond James Downgraded its rating to Outperform which previously was Strong Buy but kept the price unchanged to $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 1532651904 and an Enterprise Value of 1528602752. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.97 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 10.97. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.959 whereas that against EBITDA is -40.127.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ARDX is 0.76, which has changed by 0.12966251 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16844666 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ARDX has reached a high of $7.18, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $3.21. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 31.73%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 30.84%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, ARDX traded about 4.44M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, ARDX traded about 3241970 shares per day. A total of 240.77M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 232.14M. Insiders hold about 3.72% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 69.81% stake in the company. Shares short for ARDX as of 1755216000 were 23638622 with a Short Ratio of 5.32, compared to 1752537600 on 27588838. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 23638622 and a Short% of Float of 11.1.
Earnings Estimates
The current market rating for Ardelyx Inc (ARDX) reflects the collective analysis of 6.0 analysts closely monitoring its performance.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.04, with high estimates of $0.04 and low estimates of -$0.08.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.22 and -$0.43 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.36. EPS for the following year is $0.04, with 6.0 analysts recommending between $0.32 and -$0.2.
Revenue Estimates
12 analysts predict $100.73M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $109.86M to a low estimate of $94.6M. As of the current estimate, Ardelyx Inc’s year-ago sales were $98.24MFor the next quarter, 12 analysts are estimating revenue of $112.75M. 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 $385.24M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $333.62MBased on 12 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $492.41M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $559.73M and the low estimate is $394.03M.
