Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:LXRX) has a beta value of 1.17 and has seen 3.26 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $392.23M, closed the last trade at $1.08 per share which meant it lost -$0.05 on the day or -4.42% during that session. The LXRX stock price is -126.85% off its 52-week high price of $2.45 and 74.07% above the 52-week low of $0.28. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 5.82 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 5.00 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (LXRX) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.00. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 0 out of 3 have rated it as a Hold, with 3 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:LXRX) trade information
Sporting -4.42% in the red in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the LXRX stock price touched $1.08 or saw a rise of 9.24%. Year-to-date, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc shares have moved -32.50%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 19.87%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:LXRX) have changed 54.04%. Short interest in the company has seen 37.56 million shares shorted with days to cover at 9.39.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $6, which means that the shares’ value could jump 82.0% from current levels. The projected low price target is $6.0 while the price target rests at a high of $6.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -455.56% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -455.56% from current levels.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (LXRX) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have gained 16.14% over the past 6 months.
Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 49.60% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 30.30%.
LXRX Dividends
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-May-13 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:LXRX)’s Major holders
Insiders own 1.17% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 74.93% with a share float percentage of 75.82%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc having a total of 164.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are ARTAL GROUP S.A. with over 175.1 million shares worth more than $294.17 million. As of 2024-06-30, ARTAL GROUP S.A. held 56.3318% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is FMR LLC, with the holding of over 38.69 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $64.99 million and represent 12.4462% of shares outstanding.
