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The price of Emergent Biosolutions Inc (NYSE: EBS) closed at $4.40 in the last session, up 10.55% from day before closing price of $3.98. In other words, the price has increased by $10.55 from its previous closing price. On the day, 6.19 million shares were traded. EBS stock price reached its highest trading level at $4.57 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $3.91.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at EBS’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.55 and its Current Ratio is at 1.08. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.39 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.69.
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 Jun 02 ’23 when Zoon Kathryn C sold 1,830 shares for $8.35 per share. The transaction valued at 15,280 led to the insider holds 49,971 shares of the business.
Zoon Kathryn C sold 1,700 shares of EBS for $14,246 on May 25 ’23. The Director now owns 51,801 shares after completing the transaction at $8.38 per share.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, EBS now has a Market Capitalization of 230567920 and an Enterprise Value of 1074268160. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.19 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.35. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.906 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.721.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, EBS has reached a high of $10.88, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.42. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 75.51%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 46.54%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, EBS traded on average about 5.91M shares per day over the past 3-months and 18836440 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 52.20M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 50.47M. Insiders hold about 3.69% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 77.82% stake in the company. Shares short for EBS as of 1713139200 were 5893766 with a Short Ratio of 1.00, compared to 1710460800 on 4914183. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5893766 and a Short% of Float of 13.77.
