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In the latest session, Ardelyx Inc (NASDAQ: ARDX) closed at $5.04 down -2.89% from its previous closing price of $5.19. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.89 from its previous closing price. On the day, 5.32 million shares were traded. ARDX stock price reached its highest trading level at $5.185 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $4.95.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Ardelyx Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. 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:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 17 ’25 when Rosenbaum David P. bought 44,330 shares for $5.47 per share.
RAAB MICHAEL sold 41,668 shares of ARDX for $223,199 on Mar 07 ’25. The President & CEO now owns 1,635,138 shares after completing the transaction at $5.36 per share. On Feb 24 ’25, another insider, MOTT DAVID M, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 77,729 shares for $5.00 each. As a result, the insider paid 388,738 and bolstered with 2,015,494 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 1201314176 and an Enterprise Value of 1165933824. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.60 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 6.92. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.495 whereas that against EBITDA is -45.039.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ARDX is 0.79, which has changed by -0.29959512 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.10063088 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 $4.32. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -6.80%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -11.11%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, ARDX has traded an average of 4.18M shares per day and 4239370 over the past ten days. A total of 238.02M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 230.57M. Insiders hold about 3.27% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 63.54% stake in the company. Shares short for ARDX as of 1741910400 were 30360340 with a Short Ratio of 7.26, compared to 1739491200 on 27897008. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 30360340 and a Short% of Float of 14.469999999999999.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
