With 5.86 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 15.57 million shares. The 52-week range on LXRX shows that it touched its highest point at $2.45 and its lowest point at $0.28 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $2.95. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.09.
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 LXRX was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.65%, but this was up by 62.45% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -1.02% while six-month performance fell -64.53%. The stock lost -53.25% in the past year, while it has lost -2.51% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LXRX yields -0.64 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.28. For the next quarter, that number is -0.10. This implies an EPS growth rate of 42.06% for this year and 22.37% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 361.49 million LXRX shares are outstanding with a float of 180.38 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for LXRX since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$0.58643 being high and -$0.76133 being low. For LXRX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.67902.
