Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ARQT) Could Soon Experience A Sharp Increase In Its Share Price.

In the last trading session, 1.96 million shares of the Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ARQT) were traded, and its beta was 1.19. Most recently the company’s share price was $9.43, and it changed around $0.17 or 1.84% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $1.03B. ARQT currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $13.17, offering almost -39.66% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $1.76, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 81.34% since then. We note from Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 3.01 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 2.05 million.

Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.29. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 7 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 2 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 1 recommended ARQT as a Hold, whereas 4 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc is expected to report earnings per share of -0.29 for the current quarter.

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Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ARQT) trade information

Instantly ARQT has showed a green trend with a performance of 1.84% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 10.76 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 12.36%. The company’s shares are currently up 191.95% year-to-date, but still down -13.01% over the last five days. On the other hand, Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ARQT) is 8.14% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 27.76 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 16.78 day(s).

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $27.5, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 65.71% from its current value. Analyst projections state that ARQT is forecast to be at a low of $18 and a high of $51.

Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc (ARQT) estimates and forecasts

Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc share prices are performing particularly well compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have risen 0.86 percent over the past six months and at a 64.55% annual growth rate that is well above the industry average of 17.50%. Moreover, analysts have decided to roll up on their fiscal year 2024 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict that it will gain 59.03% in revenue this quarter, and will report a decrease of -4.69% in the next quarter. The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 202.28%, up from the previous year.

Consensus estimates provided by 6 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 54.67M in revenue for the current quarter. 2 analysts expect Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc to make 56.26M in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 13.53M and 49.57M respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 304.18%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 13.51%.

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a negative earnings growth rate of -48.07%. Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc earnings are expected to increase by 64.44% in 2024, but the outlook is positive 9.80% per year for the next five years.

ARQT Dividends

Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in December.

Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ARQT)’s Major holders

Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 2.15% of Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc shares, and 113.02% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 115.50%. Arcutis Biotherapeutics Inc stock is held by 258.0 institutions, with JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 9.3712% of the shares, which is about 11.57 million shares worth $107.62 million.

SUVRETTA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, with 8.1021% or 10.0 million shares worth $93.04 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.