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The price of Mannkind Corp (NASDAQ: MNKD) closed at $4.40 in the last session, up 0.23% from day before closing price of $4.39. In other words, the price has increased by $0.23 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.52 million shares were traded. MNKD stock price reached its highest trading level at $4.52 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $4.381.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at MNKD’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.31 and its Current Ratio is at 3.59.
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, Wedbush on October 10, 2023, initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $10.
On May 14, 2021, RBC Capital Mkts started tracking the stock assigning a Sector Perform rating and target price of $5.
On December 24, 2019, Oppenheimer started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $2.50.Oppenheimer initiated its Outperform rating on December 24, 2019, with a $2.50 target price.
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 Dec 15 ’23 when Castagna Michael sold 90,482 shares for $4.00 per share. The transaction valued at 361,928 led to the insider holds 2,148,665 shares of the business.
Castagna Michael sold 110,000 shares of MNKD for $440,000 on Dec 14 ’23. The Chief Executive Officer now owns 2,239,147 shares after completing the transaction at $4.00 per share. On Nov 01 ’23, another insider, Castagna Michael, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the company, sold 10,000 shares for $4.25 each. As a result, the insider received 42,500 and left with 2,349,147 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, MNKD now has a Market Capitalization of 1191357312 and an Enterprise Value of 1266016128. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.98. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.363 whereas that against EBITDA is 83.681.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, MNKD has reached a high of $5.75, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $3.17. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.08%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 7.32%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, MNKD traded on average about 2.90M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1906290 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 270.03M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 264.71M. Insiders hold about 2.11% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 49.69% stake in the company. Shares short for MNKD as of 1713139200 were 31053766 with a Short Ratio of 10.72, compared to 1710460800 on 33047239. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 31053766 and a Short% of Float of 11.61.
