During the last session, Esperion Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ESPR)’s traded shares were 0.7 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 0.94. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $2.39, reflecting an intraday loss of -0.62% or -$0.02. The 52-week high for the ESPR share is $3.40, that puts it down -42.26 from that peak though still a striking 51.88% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $1.15. The company’s market capitalization is $471.89M, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 7.05 million shares, and the average trade volume was 3.78 million shares over the past three months.
Esperion Therapeutics Inc (ESPR) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 1.71. ESPR has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 8 analysts who have looked at this stock. 2 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 6 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be -0.12.
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Esperion Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ESPR) trade information
Esperion Therapeutics Inc (ESPR) registered a -0.62% downside in the last session and has traded in the green over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -0.62% in intraday trading to $2.39, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is 14.05%, and it has moved by 16.83% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 101.26%. The short interest in Esperion Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ESPR) is 33.46 million shares and it means that shorts have 10.38 day(s) to cover.
The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $16, which implies an increase of 85.06% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $12 and $20 respectively. As a result, ESPR is trading at a discount of -736.82% off the target high and -402.09% off the low.
Esperion Therapeutics Inc (ESPR) estimates and forecasts
Statistics show that Esperion Therapeutics Inc has outperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. Esperion Therapeutics Inc (ESPR) shares have gone up 6.44% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate more than the industry average at 87.68% against 16.60. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 178.29% compared to the previous financial year.
As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 61.56M as predicted by 6 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 1 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 60.8M by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 32.25M and 137.74M respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to grow by 90.87% and then drop by -55.86% in the coming quarter.
An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings grew an estimated 23.09%. While earnings are projected to return 84.83% in 2024, the next five years will return 16.90% per annum.
ESPR Dividends
Esperion Therapeutics Inc is due to release its next quarterly earnings in December. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance.
Esperion Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ESPR)’s Major holders
Esperion Therapeutics Inc insiders own 0.50% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 66.33%, with the float percentage being 66.66%. WASATCH ADVISORS LP is the largest shareholder of the company, while 224.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 16.86 million shares (or 9.9628% of all shares), a total value of $37.44 million in shares.
The next largest institutional holding, with 13.98 million shares, is of BLACKROCK INC.’s that is approximately 8.2617% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $31.04 million.
Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Esperion Therapeutics Inc (ESPR) shares are Wasatch Ultra Growth Fund and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund. Data provided on Sep 30, 2024 indicates that Wasatch Ultra Growth Fund owns about 6.68 shares. This amounts to just over 3.39 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $16.19 million market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 5.67, or about 2.88% of the stock, which is worth about $13.75 million.
