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In the latest session, Alector Inc (NASDAQ: ALEC) closed at $1.61 down -8.52% from its previous closing price of $1.76. In other words, the price has decreased by -$8.52 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.61 million shares were traded. ALEC stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.81 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.6.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Alector Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.34 and its Current Ratio is at 3.34. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.43 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.34.
On December 17, 2024, Mizuho Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Outperform and also lowered its target price recommendation from $9 to $2.50.
Stifel Downgraded its Buy to Hold on December 16, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $4.
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 Jun 20 ’25 when Yaffe Kristine sold 1,000 shares for $1.44 per share. The transaction valued at 1,440 led to the insider holds 95,409 shares of the business.
GRASSO MARC sold 16,488 shares of ALEC for $22,068 on Jun 02 ’25. The Chief Financial Officer now owns 296,072 shares after completing the transaction at $1.34 per share. On Jun 02 ’25, another insider, Kenkare-Mitra Sara, who serves as the President and Head of R&D of the company, sold 23,890 shares for $1.34 each. As a result, the insider received 31,974 and left with 512,252 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, ALEC now has a Market Capitalization of 160988080 and an Enterprise Value of -152514912. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.82 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.70. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at -1.726 whereas that against EBITDA is 1.099.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ALEC is 0.89, which has changed by -0.7316667 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, ALEC has reached a high of $6.61, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.87. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 6.81%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -23.62%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, ALEC has traded an average of 778.99K shares per day and 465930 over the past ten days. A total of 99.99M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 75.15M. Insiders hold about 24.84% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 67.38% stake in the company. Shares short for ALEC as of 1752537600 were 5870569 with a Short Ratio of 7.54, compared to 1749772800 on 6372729. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5870569 and a Short% of Float of 7.4200004.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
