Aquestive Therapeutics Inc [NASDAQ: AQST] jumped around 0.23 points on Wednesday, while shares priced at $3.41 at the close of the session, up 7.23%.
Compared to the average trading volume of 1.45M shares, AQST reached a trading volume of 3390895 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Aquestive Therapeutics Inc [AQST]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for AQST shares is $8.42 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on AQST stock is a recommendation set at 1.11. 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.
Oppenheimer have made an estimate for Aquestive Therapeutics Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on June 02, 2025. 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 Aquestive Therapeutics Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $8, while Leerink Partners analysts kept a Outperform rating on AQST stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Aquestive Therapeutics Inc is set at 0.23, with the Price to Sales ratio for AQST stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 6.25.
How has AQST stock performed recently?
Aquestive Therapeutics Inc [AQST] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 24.91. With this latest performance, AQST shares gained by 20.49% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -33.01% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 18.40% 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 AQST stock in for the last two-week period is set at 70.99, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 79.12, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 65.11 for Aquestive Therapeutics Inc [AQST]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 2.72, while it was recorded at 2.98 for the last single week of trading, and 3.70 for the last 200 days.
Aquestive Therapeutics Inc [AQST]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Aquestive Therapeutics Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 4.48 and a Current Ratio set at 4.87.
Earnings analysis for Aquestive Therapeutics Inc [AQST]
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 AQST. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Aquestive Therapeutics Inc go to 14.57%.
Insider trade positions for Aquestive Therapeutics Inc [AQST]
The top three institutional holders of AQST stocks are: BRATTON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. with ownership of 9.81 million shares, which is approximately 10.7918%. VR ADVISER, LLC, holding 5.56 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$14.44 million in AQST stocks shares; and VR ADVISER, LLC, currently with $$14.18 million in AQST stock with ownership which is approximately 6%.
