With 1.52 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.85 million shares. During the session, the Drug Manufacturers – Specialty & Generic company that operates in wider Healthcare sector, reached to the highest price of $3.5 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $3.295. The 52-week range on AQST shows that it touched its highest point at $6.23 and its lowest point at $1.25 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $9.12. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.85.
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 AQST was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.60%, but this was down by -16.95% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 21.15% while six-month performance rose 111.25%. The stock gained 65.69% in the past year, while it has gained 67.33% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AQST yields -0.14 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.32. For the next quarter, that number is -0.09. This implies an EPS growth rate of -184.62% for this year and 13.90% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 91.04 million AQST shares are outstanding with a float of 80.74 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-04-15, short shares totaled 4.01 million, which was 446.0 higher than short shares on 1710460800. In addition to Mr. Daniel Barber as the firm’s CEO, President & Director, Mr. A. Ernest Toth Jr. serves as its Chief Financial Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.34162998 of AQST’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
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 2023-12-31, AQST reported revenue of $13206000.0 and operating income of -$3911000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$3278000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for AQST 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.
