Ardelyx Inc [NASDAQ: ARDX] price surged by 2.67 percent to reach at $0.12.
A sum of 8785812 shares traded at recent session while its average daily volume was at 5.32M shares. Ardelyx Inc shares reached a high of $4.715 and dropped to a low of $4.34 until finishing in the latest session at $4.61.
The one-year ARDX stock forecast points to a potential upside of 57.04. The average equity rating for ARDX stock is currently 1.25, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
Guru’s Opinion on Ardelyx Inc [ARDX]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for ARDX shares is $10.73 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on ARDX stock is a recommendation set at 1.25. 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.
H.C. Wainwright have made an estimate for Ardelyx Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on June 18, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on May 02, 2025, representing the official price target for Ardelyx Inc stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 7.57, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.89.
ARDX Stock Performance Analysis:
Ardelyx Inc [ARDX] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 5.98. With this latest performance, ARDX shares gained by 24.59% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -13.67% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -9.07% 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 ARDX stock in for the last two-week period is set at 67.23, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 0.23, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 0.23 for Ardelyx Inc [ARDX]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 3.90, while it was recorded at 4.58 for the last single week of trading, and 5.01 for the last 200 days.
Insight into Ardelyx Inc Fundamentals:
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Ardelyx Inc [ARDX] shares currently have an operating margin of -10.95% and a Gross Margin at 83.98%. Ardelyx Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at -14.86%.
Return on Equity for this stock declined to -14.29%, with Return on Assets sitting at -14.29%.
Ardelyx Inc [ARDX] Institutonal Ownership Details
There are presently around $72.46%, or 74.33% of ARDX stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of ARDX stocks are: JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC with ownership of 25.95 million shares, which is approximately 11.0625%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 17.55 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$130.06 million in ARDX stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$101.19 million in ARDX stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8216%.
