Allakos Inc (NASDAQ:ALLK) does about 590.58K shares in volume on a normal day but saw 1188975 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 120.83M USD. Its current market price is $1.36, marking an increase of 8.80% compared to the previous close of $1.25. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $3.40 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $0.54. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $218 and a low of $1.
Allakos Inc (ALLK) has a 20-day trading average at $0.9936 and the current price is -60.06% off the 52-week high compared with 154.21% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $0.7740 and its 200-day simple moving average is $1.0382. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 10.44%, which increases to 15.09% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 70.04 to suggest the stock is overbought.
4 analysts observing the Allakos Inc (ALLK) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $1 and $218. The consensus objective for the share price is $2.77, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 50.9% over the period. The median price target is 98.76% away from the current levels at $109.5.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 4 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 3 analysts have rated it as a buy and 1 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Buy and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Moderate Buy the stock.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on January 17, 2024 when Jefferies downgraded the stock to “Hold” and issued a price target of between $6 and $1.50.
The current price level is 36.87%, 75.71%, and 30.99% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the ALLK price moving below the 50-day SMA on current market day. Allakos Inc (ALLK) stock is up 11.48% over the week and 94.45% over the past month. Its price is -50.18% year-to-date and -39.56% over the past year.
The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 6/30/2024, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of -0.52 below consensus estimates by -0.07. The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at -0.25 and -1.54 for whole year.
Its 12-month price target is $109.5. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 50.9 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $1, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $218.
The company has a return on investment of -170.84% and return on equity of -121.54%. The beta has a value of 0.97. Price to book ratio is 1.44.
