Spotting A Winner: Exelixis Inc (NASDAQ: EXEL) Retreats -1.97 And It Still Have Room To Run

Exelixis Inc (NASDAQ:EXEL) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.00M but it saw 2974910 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 11.69B USD, the company’s current market price of $42.86 came falling about -1.97 while comparing to the previous closing price of $43.72. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $48.85 and as low as $20.14.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Wells Fargo which downgraded the stock as “Equal Weight” in its note to investors issued on February 24, 2025, recommending a price target of $36 for it. Morgan Stanley upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Overweight” from “Equal-Weight” on January 27, 2025 while assigning a price target range of $30-$40.

Over the week, EXEL’s stock price is moving -7.35% down while it is 16.53% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 28.71% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 103.51%.

Currently, Exelixis Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 275.03M with 2.20% of that held by the insiders while 94.24% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 27.76% and return on equity (ROE) at 30.22%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 19.44 while having a 14.42 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.28. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 5.53 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 5.08. Its return on asset (ROA) is 22.82% on average.