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Legend Biotech Corp ADR (NASDAQ: LEGN) closed the day trading at $40.77 down -1.78% from the previous closing price of $41.51. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.78 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.2 million shares were traded. LEGN stock price reached its highest trading level at $42.26 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $40.75.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of LEGN, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 5.07 and its Current Ratio is at 5.20. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.36 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.35.
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, Redburn Atlantic on October 08, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $86.
On June 17, 2024, Truist started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $88.
H.C. Wainwright reiterated its Buy rating for the stock on May 24, 2024, while the target price for the stock was revised from $86 to $73.
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 Jul 23 ’25 when Huang Ying bought 15,291 shares for $45.04 per share.
Yeung Jessie bought 642 shares of LEGN for $28,890 on Jul 23 ’25. On Jun 26 ’25, another insider, Casey Patrick John, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 1,000 shares for $33.23 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LEGN now has a Market Capitalization of 7502862336 and an Enterprise Value of 14363157504. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 10.30 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 7.37. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 19.721 whereas that against EBITDA is -62.903.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LEGN is 0.28, which has changed by -0.27699947 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15366066 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LEGN has reached a high of $59.62, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $27.34. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 14.95%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 11.34%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, LEGN traded about 1.77M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, LEGN traded about 1480000 shares per day. A total of 184.03M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 181.38M. Insiders hold about 1.44% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 46.24% stake in the company. Shares short for LEGN as of 1752537600 were 8387958 with a Short Ratio of 4.73, compared to 1749772800 on 14367980. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 8387958 and a Short% of Float of 8.74.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
