Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:APLS)’s traded shares stood at 2.73 million during the last session, with the company’s beta value hitting 1.23. At the close of trading, the stock’s price was $63.02, to imply a decrease of -2.88% or -$1.87 in intraday trading. The APLS share’s 52-week high remains $70.75, putting it -12.27% down since that peak but still an impressive 47.13% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $33.32. The company has a valuation of $7.34B, with an average of 1.71 million shares in intraday trading volume over the past 10 days and average of 1.57 million shares over the past 3 months.
Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:APLS) trade information
After registering a -2.88% downside in the last session, Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (APLS) has traded red over the past five days. The stock hit a weekly high of 66.42 this Friday, 03/17/23, dropping -2.88% in its intraday price action. The 5-day price performance for the stock is 1.29%, and 19.00% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is 21.87%. Short interest in Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:APLS) saw shorts transact 9.11 million shares and set a 8.52 days time to cover.
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Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (APLS) estimates and forecasts
Looking at statistics comparing Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. share performance against respective industry, we note that the company has outperformed competitors. Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (APLS) shares are -2.67% down over the last 6 months, with its year-to-date growth rate higher than industry average at 16.26% against 9.60%. Revenue is forecast to grow 2.50% this quarter before falling -8.50% for the next one. The rating firms project that company’s revenue will grow 16.10% compared to the previous financial year.
Revenue forecast for the current quarter as set by 14 analysts is $24.19 million. Meanwhile, for the quarter ending Mar 2023, a total of 7 analyst(s) estimate revenue growth to $26.55 million.Earnings reports from the last fiscal year show that sales brought in $60.29 million and $14.38 million respectively in the corresponding quarters. In this case, analysts estimate current quarter sales to fall -59.90% before jumping 84.60% in the following quarter.
An assessment of the company’s 5-year growth patterns shows that annual earnings shrunk an estimated -42.80% for the past 5-year period. While 2023 is set for a 30.50% return in earnings, projections for the next 5 years are at 33.30% annually.
APLS Dividends
Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. has its next earnings report out between May 02 and May 08. However, it is important to take into account that this dividend yield ratio is just an indicator to only serve the purpose of guidance. Investors interested to invest in the stock should ponder company’s other fundamental and operations related aspects too. Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. has a forward dividend ratio of 0, with the share yield ticking at 0.00% to continue the rising pattern observed over the past year. The company’s average dividend yield trailing the past 5-year period is 0.00%.
Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:APLS)’s Major holders
Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. insiders hold 15.32% of total outstanding shares, with institutional holders owning 88.14% of the shares at 104.09% float percentage. In total, 88.14% institutions holds shares in the company, led by Avoro Capital Advisors LLC. As of Sep 29, 2022, the company held over 10.12 million shares (or 9.16% of shares), all amounting to roughly $691.54 million.
The next major institution holding the largest number of shares is Wellington Management Group, LLP with 9.96 million shares, or about 9.01% of shares outstanding. As of the market price on Sep 29, 2022, these shares were worth $680.09 million.
We also have Vanguard Specialized-Health Care Fund and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund as the top two Mutual Funds with the largest holdings of the Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (APLS) shares. Going by data provided on Oct 30, 2022, Vanguard Specialized-Health Care Fund holds roughly 3.22 million shares. This is just over 2.91% of the total shares, with a market valuation of $194.95 million. Data from the same date shows that the other fund manager holds a little less at 2.79 million, or 2.53% of the shares, all valued at about 190.82 million.
