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The closing price of Ardelyx Inc (NASDAQ: ARDX) was $5.47 for the day, down -0.64% from the previous closing price of $5.51. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.64 from its previous closing price. On the day, 6.58 million shares were traded. ARDX stock price reached its highest trading level at $5.645 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $5.3902.
Ratios:
Our analysis of ARDX’s different ratios will help us gain a deeper understanding of the company. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.31 and its Current Ratio is at 4.58. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.89 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.88.
On March 04, 2025, BTIG Research started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $14.
H.C. Wainwright Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on November 11, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $11 to $5.50.
Insider Transactions:
Also, insider trades can serve as a great indicator of what management thinks about the future direction of a stock’s price. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 04 ’25 when RAAB MICHAEL sold 41,666 shares for $4.59 per share. The transaction valued at 191,151 led to the insider holds 1,615,587 shares of the business.
Rosenbaum David P. bought 44,330 shares of ARDX for $242,559 on Mar 17 ’25. On Mar 07 ’25, another insider, RAAB MICHAEL, who serves as the President & CEO of the company, sold 41,668 shares for $5.36 each. As a result, the insider received 223,199 and left with 1,635,138 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, ARDX now has a Market Capitalization of 1303807232 and an Enterprise Value of 1232673536. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.91 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 7.51. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.695 whereas that against EBITDA is -47.617.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ARDX is 0.76, which has changed by -0.3727064 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.092895746 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ARDX has reached a high of $9.33, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $4.02. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 7.87%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -0.68%.
Shares Statistics:
ARDX traded an average of 4.34M shares per day over the past three months and 4876510 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 238.02M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 230.59M. Insiders hold about 3.26% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 63.69% stake in the company. Shares short for ARDX as of 1744675200 were 30189042 with a Short Ratio of 6.96, compared to 1741910400 on 30360340. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 30189042 and a Short% of Float of 14.38.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
