Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS) Emerges As Guiding Light For Investors

Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ:EXAS) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.11M but it saw 1906917 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 10.41B USD, the company’s current market price of $56.36 came falling about -4.18 while comparing to the previous closing price of $58.82. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $87.11 and as low as $40.62. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $56.175 while lowest mark touched by it was $59.16.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Exact Sciences Corp. (EXAS) gives us an average price of $52.06, while its current price level is -35.30% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 38.74% 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 $47.22 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $59.03. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.91% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 5.23%. 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 61.37 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 Scotiabank which initiated the stock as “Sector Outperform” in its note to investors issued on June 27, 2024, recommending a price target of $70 for it. The Benchmark Company issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock is $91.

Over the week, EXAS’s stock price is moving 0.66% up while it is 13.47% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -23.82% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -33.76%.

The latest quarterly earnings report issued by the company reported quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of 0 beat the consensus estimate of -0.48 for the same. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $776.8M as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $2.83B and seeing the company making $3.22B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $718.09M for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Exact Sciences Corp.’s total number of outstanding shares is 184.77M with 0.98% of that held by the insiders while 94.83% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -3.07% and return on equity (ROE) at -5.60%. It has a 533.06 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.18. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 3.26 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.99. Its return on asset (ROA) is -2.69% on average.