Esperion Therapeutics Inc [NASDAQ: ESPR] jumped around 0.02 points on Thursday, while shares priced at $2.32 at the close of the session, up 0.87%.
Compared to the average trading volume of 5.60M shares, ESPR reached a trading volume of 4168709 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
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What do top market gurus say about Esperion Therapeutics Inc [ESPR]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for ESPR shares is $7.13 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on ESPR stock is a recommendation set at 1.78. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Goldman have made an estimate for Esperion Therapeutics Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on December 18, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Cantor Fitzgerald raised their target price to Overweight. The new note on the price target was released on December 17, 2024, representing the official price target for Esperion Therapeutics Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $2.50, while BofA Securities analysts kept a Underperform rating on ESPR stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Esperion Therapeutics Inc is set at 0.28, with the Price to Sales ratio for ESPR stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.55.
How has ESPR stock performed recently?
Esperion Therapeutics Inc [ESPR] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 7.41. With this latest performance, ESPR shares dropped by -9.73% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 0.43% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -10.08% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for ESPR stock in for the last two-week period is set at 45.30, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 42.91, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 47.30 for Esperion Therapeutics Inc [ESPR]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 2.42, while it was recorded at 2.24 for the last single week of trading, and 2.24 for the last 200 days.
Esperion Therapeutics Inc [ESPR]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Esperion Therapeutics Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.37 and a Current Ratio set at 1.85.
Earnings analysis for Esperion Therapeutics Inc [ESPR]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for ESPR. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Esperion Therapeutics Inc go to 16.90%.
Insider trade positions for Esperion Therapeutics Inc [ESPR]
There are presently around $66.34%, or 66.66%% of ESPR stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of ESPR stocks are: WASATCH ADVISORS LP with ownership of 16.86 million shares, which is approximately 9.9628%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 13.98 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$31.04 million in ESPR stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$24.01 million in ESPR stock with ownership which is approximately 6.3907%.
