Are Analysts Too Bullish On Mannkind Corp (MNKD)

Mannkind Corp (NASDAQ:MNKD) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.52M but it saw 1721204 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 1.41B USD, the company’s current market price of $5.19 came rising about 3.59 while comparing to the previous closing price of $5.01. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $6.04 and as low as $3.17. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $5.05 while lowest mark touched by it was $5.2.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Mannkind Corp (MNKD) gives us an average price of $5.64, while its current price level is -14.07% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 63.72% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $5.23 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $4.30. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 6.83% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 4.47%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 41.79 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Rodman & Renshaw which initiated the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on June 13, 2024, recommending a price target of $8 for it. RBC Capital Mkts also issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $5.

Over the week, MNKD’s stock price is moving -6.49% down while it is -6.15% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 42.58% up and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -4.77%.

The latest quarterly earnings report issued by the company reported quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of 0.01 beat the consensus estimate of -0.02 for the same. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $73.81M as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $277.06M and seeing the company making $342.82M in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $69.59M for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Mannkind Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 270.03M with 2.04% of that held by the insiders while 50.94% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 11.82%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 143.77 while having a 22.18 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.35. Stock has a price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 5.69. Its return on asset (ROA) is 3.10% on average.