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Alector Inc (NASDAQ: ALEC) closed the day trading at $2.0 down -10.31% from the previous closing price of $2.23. In other words, the price has decreased by -$10.31 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.73 million shares were traded. ALEC stock price reached its highest trading level at $2.3 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.99.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of ALEC, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.78 and its Current Ratio is at 3.78. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.55 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.43.
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:
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 Aug 08 ’25 when MARC GRASSO bought 76,446 shares for $2.00 per share.
Yaffe Kristine sold 1,000 shares of ALEC for $1,440 on Jun 20 ’25. The Director now owns 95,409 shares after completing the transaction at $1.44 per share. On Jun 02 ’25, another insider, GRASSO MARC, who serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the company, sold 16,488 shares for $1.34 each. As a result, the insider received 22,068 and left with 296,072 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 202424000 and an Enterprise Value of -65372344. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.50 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.84. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at -0.806 whereas that against EBITDA is 0.517.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ALEC is 0.97, which has changed by -0.5884774 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.18157876 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ALEC has reached a high of $6.37, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.87. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 26.27%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 2.68%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, ALEC traded about 915.08K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, ALEC traded about 1916380 shares per day. A total of 101.21M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 76.07M. Insiders hold about 24.84% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 67.03% stake in the company. Shares short for ALEC as of 1753920000 were 5680352 with a Short Ratio of 6.21, compared to 1751241600 on 6180489. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5680352 and a Short% of Float of 7.0700005.
Earnings Estimates
Its stock is currently analyzed by 3.0 different market analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.4, with high estimates of -$0.34 and low estimates of -$0.49.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$1.4 and -$1.62 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$1.51. EPS for the following year is -$1.03, with 6.0 analysts recommending between $0.1 and -$1.91.
Revenue Estimates
A total of 9 analysts have provided revenue estimates for ALEC’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $28.05M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $11.55M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $17.02M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $100.56MBased on 9 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $60.63M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $202.04M and the low estimate is $4.21M.
