Why Invest In Aclaris Therapeutics Inc (ACRS) Stock?

Aclaris Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ACRS) has a beta value of 0.35 and has seen 0.53 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $250.10M, closed the recent trade at $3.98 per share which meant it gained $0.18 on the day or 4.74% during that session. The ACRS stock price is -29.9% off its 52-week high price of $5.17 and 80.65% above the 52-week low of $0.77. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 10.46 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 2.06 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Aclaris Therapeutics Inc (ACRS) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.57. 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 0 out of 4 have rated it as a Hold, with 3 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is -0.27.

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Aclaris Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ACRS) trade information

Sporting 4.74% in the green today, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the ACRS stock price touched $3.98 or saw a rise of 23.02%. Year-to-date, Aclaris Therapeutics Inc shares have moved 279.08%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 26.76%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Aclaris Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ACRS) have changed 135.52%. Short interest in the company has seen 2.41 million shares shorted with days to cover at 3.56.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $7.5, which means that the shares’ value could jump 46.93% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $3.0 while the price target rests at a high of $25.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -528.14% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 24.62% from the levels at last check today.

Aclaris Therapeutics Inc (ACRS) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Aclaris Therapeutics Inc shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 279.08% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 51.61%, compared to 16.70% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -49.47%.

8 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 5.85M for the current quarter. 4 have an estimated revenue figure of 3.25M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 17.57M and 2.4M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -66.73% for the current quarter and -49.47% for the next.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 20.67% over the past 5 years.

ACRS Dividends

Aclaris Therapeutics Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in December this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.

Aclaris Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ACRS)’s Major holders

Insiders own 3.59% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 84.67% with a share float percentage of 87.82%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Aclaris Therapeutics Inc having a total of 108.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are BML CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC with over 12.99 million shares worth more than $14.29 million. As of 2024-06-30, BML CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC held 18.2739% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, with the holding of over 4.69 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $5.16 million and represent 6.5952% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund. As of Jun 30, 2024, the former fund manager holds about 2.96% shares in the company for having 2.12 shares of worth $8.29 million while later fund manager owns 820.73 shares of worth $3.22 million as of Jun 30, 2024, which makes it owner of about 1.15% of company’s outstanding stock.