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The price of Neogen Corp (NASDAQ: NEOG) closed at $5.12 in the last session, up 1.19% from day before closing price of $5.06. In other words, the price has increased by $1.19 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.2 million shares were traded. NEOG stock price reached its highest trading level at $5.21 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $5.01.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at NEOG’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.45 and its Current Ratio is at 3.91. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.34 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.33.
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 this company, Guggenheim on December 19, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $15.
On June 16, 2023, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $22.
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 May 12 ’25 when Gupta Aashima bought 16,000 shares for $6.25 per share. The transaction valued at 99,987 led to the insider holds 21,917 shares of the business.
Woteki Catherine E bought 5,770 shares of NEOG for $29,831 on Apr 25 ’25. The Director now owns 13,244 shares after completing the transaction at $5.17 per share. On Apr 24 ’25, another insider, BOREL JAMES C, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 30,000 shares for $4.99 each. As a result, the insider paid 149,700 and bolstered with 90,474 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, NEOG now has a Market Capitalization of 1111234560 and an Enterprise Value of 1877786880. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.23 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.42. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.073 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.826.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NEOG is 1.80, which has changed by -0.7045586 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16564083 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, NEOG has reached a high of $18.58, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $3.87. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -6.28%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -46.69%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, NEOG traded on average about 5.93M shares per day over the past 3-months and 4260710 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 217.04M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 216.08M. Insiders hold about 0.44% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 125.22% stake in the company. Shares short for NEOG as of 1752537600 were 18310857 with a Short Ratio of 3.57, compared to 1749772800 on 25065976. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 18310857 and a Short% of Float of 9.55.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
