AbCellera Biologics Inc (NASDAQ: ABCL) Shares Could Drop Up To -105.76%

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In the last trading session, 5.77 million shares of the AbCellera Biologics Inc (NASDAQ:ABCL) were traded, and its beta was 0.43. Most recently the company’s share price was $2.43, and it changed around -$0.01 or -0.41% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $724.11M. ABCL currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $4.34, offering almost -78.6% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $1.89, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 22.22% since then. We note from AbCellera Biologics Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 4.8 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 4.22 million.

AbCellera Biologics Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.25. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 9 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 2 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 1 recommended ABCL as a Hold, whereas 6 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. AbCellera Biologics Inc is expected to report earnings per share of -0.14 for the current quarter.

AbCellera Biologics Inc (NASDAQ:ABCL) trade information

Instantly ABCL has showed a red trend with a performance of -0.41% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 2.50 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 2.8%. The company’s shares are currently down -17.06% year-to-date, but still up 25.91% over the last five days. On the other hand, AbCellera Biologics Inc (NASDAQ:ABCL) is -4.33% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 23.62 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 5.73 day(s).

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $5, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 51.4% from its current value. Analyst projections state that ABCL is forecast to be at a low of $5 and a high of $5.

AbCellera Biologics Inc (ABCL) estimates and forecasts

The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be -8.82%, down from the previous year.

Consensus estimates provided by 7 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 7.12M in revenue for the current quarter. 7 analysts expect AbCellera Biologics Inc to make 6.71M in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 9.95M and 7.32M respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will drop, forecast at -28.43%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at -8.32%.

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a negative earnings growth rate of -107.74%. AbCellera Biologics Inc earnings are expected to increase by -10.53% in 2025, but the outlook is negative -9.14% per year for the next five years.

ABCL Dividends

AbCellera Biologics Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Feb-26.

AbCellera Biologics Inc (NASDAQ:ABCL)’s Major holders

Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 22.88% of AbCellera Biologics Inc shares, and 42.28% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 54.82%. AbCellera Biologics Inc stock is held by 196.0 institutions, with BAKER BROS. ADVISORS LP being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 9.3556% of the shares, which is about 27.53 million shares worth $81.48 million.

BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO, with 7.4472% or 21.91 million shares worth $64.86 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.