Schrodinger Inc. (NASDAQ: SDGR) stock fell -3.61% on Wednesday to $37.13 against a previous-day closing price of $38.52. With 1.27 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.69 million shares. During the session, the Health Information Services company that operates in wider Healthcare sector, reached to the highest price of $38.13 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $36.52. The 52-week range on SDGR shows that it touched its highest point at $40.69 and its lowest point at $15.85 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $51.78.
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Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of SDGR was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 30.92%, but this was up by 28.17% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 65.54% while six-month performance rose 101.68%. The stock gained 50.51% in the past year, while it has gained 98.66% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SDGR yields 0.14 with Next year EPS estimates of -1.76. For the next quarter, that number is -0.51. This implies an EPS growth rate of -47.40% for this year and -563.20% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -5.30% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -49.20%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 71.47 million SDGR shares are outstanding with a float of 58.09 million shares on hand for trading. On May 14, 2023, short shares totaled 4.34 million, which was 6.07% higher than short shares on Apr 13, 2023. In addition to Dr. Ramy Farid Ph.D. as the firm’s CEO, Pres & Director, Dr. Richard A. Friesner Ph.D. serves as its Co-Founder, Scientific Advisory Chairman and Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 78.34% of SDGR’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company. Other institutions hold 39.98% of SDGR, in contrast to 39.83% held by mutual funds. Shares owned by individuals account for 24.01%. As the largest shareholder in SDGR with 11.20% of the stake, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation T holds 6,981,664 shares worth 6,981,664. A second-largest stockholder of SDGR, The Vanguard Group, Inc., holds 5,041,431 shares, controlling over 8.09% of the firm’s shares. ARK Investment Management LLC is the third largest shareholder in SDGR, holding 3,906,709 shares or 6.27% stake. With a 6.00% stake in SDGR, the ARK Genomic Revolution ETF is the largest stakeholder. A total of 3,738,900 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager. The CS Invt. Fds. 2 -, which owns about 4.01% of SDGR stock, is the second-largest Mutual Fund holder. It holds 2,500,000 shares valued at 73.8 million. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF holds 2.66% of the stake in SDGR, owning 1,659,010 shares worth 48.97 million.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on Mar 30, 2023, SDGR reported revenue of $38.47M and operating income of -$43.47M. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$26.65M and diluted EPS was -$0.67.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for SDGR since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With SDGR analysts setting a high price target of $86.00 and a low target of $23.00, the average target price over the next 12 months is $51.78. Based on these targets, SDGR could surge 131.62% to reach the target high and fall by -38.06% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 39.46% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded SDGR stock several times over the past three months with 0 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 0 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 8 while that of sell transactions has risen to 3 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 131,141 while 96,836 shares were sold.
