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Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: APLS) closed the day trading at $37.95 down -3.90% from the previous closing price of $39.49. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.90 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.43 million shares were traded. APLS stock price reached its highest trading level at $39.84 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $36.56.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of APLS, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.02 and its Current Ratio is at 3.77. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.62 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.30.
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, Piper Sandler on May 31, 2024, initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned the stock a target price of $46.
On February 05, 2024, Jefferies Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Hold and also upped its target price recommendation from $68 to $80.
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 Jun 21 ’24 when Dunlop A. Sinclair sold 37,000 shares for $39.24 per share. The transaction valued at 1,451,835 led to the insider holds 136,998 shares of the business.
Deschatelets Pascal sold 78,907 shares of APLS for $3,341,848 on May 08 ’24. The Chief Scientific Officer now owns 1,115,983 shares after completing the transaction at $42.35 per share. On Apr 08 ’24, another insider, Deschatelets Pascal, who serves as the Chief Scientific Officer of the company, sold 69,107 shares for $54.17 each. As a result, the insider received 3,743,605 and left with 1,115,983 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, APLS now has a Market Capitalization of 4605839872 and an Enterprise Value of 4381415936. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 8.79 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 17.26. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 8.36 whereas that against EBITDA is -10.89.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for APLS is 0.87, which has changed by 0.103518486 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.22226071 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, APLS has reached a high of $73.80, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $19.83. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -6.34%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -27.23%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, APLS traded about 1.47M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, APLS traded about 1281320 shares per day. A total of 119.56M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 99.62M. Insiders hold about 17.92% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 90.51% stake in the company. Shares short for APLS as of 1719532800 were 14814085 with a Short Ratio of 10.07, compared to 1717113600 on 13116801. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 14814085 and a Short% of Float of 16.870001000000002.
