Xencor Inc. [XNCR] stock is trading at $35.14, up 2.75%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The XNCR shares have gain 10.57% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 35.41%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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On 9, January 2023, Xencor Highlights 2023 Corporate Priorities and Provides Portfolio Updates. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Xencor, Inc. (NASDAQ:XNCR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing engineered antibodies and cytokines for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, today announced 2023 corporate priorities and provided multiple clinical development updates.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Previously, Raymond James upgraded its rating to Strong Buy on October 13, 2022, and kept the price target unchanged to $58. On September 21, 2022, JP Morgan initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned a price target of $37 on the stock. BMO Capital Markets initiated its recommendation with a Outperform and recommended $54 as its price target on February 11, 2022. SMBC Nikko started tracking with a Outperform rating for this stock on January 21, 2022, and assigned it a price target of $60. In a note dated December 15, 2021, H.C. Wainwright initiated an Buy rating and iterated a target price of $61 on this stock.
Xencor Inc. [XNCR] stock has fluctuated between $19.35 and $35.92 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $45.53 within the next 12 months. Xencor Inc. [NASDAQ: XNCR] shares were valued at $35.14 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 29.57% based on the average XNCR price forecast.
Analyzing the XNCR fundamentals
Xencor Inc. [NASDAQ:XNCR] reported sales of 27.3 billion for the most recent quarter, which represents a growth of 38.60%. Gross Margin for this corporation currently stands at +97.28% with Operating Margin at +16.24%, Pretax Margin comes in at +30.04%, and Net Margin reading is +30.04%.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 34.42 points at the first support level, and at 33.69 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 35.52, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 35.89.
Xencor Inc. [XNCR] reported earnings per share of -$0.57 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 6/29/2022. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of -$0.44/share, meaning a difference of -$0.13 and a surprise factor of -29.50%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 3/30/2022 were $0.39 per share as compared to estimates of -$0.6 per share, a difference of $0.99 representing a surprise of 165.00%.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Xencor Inc.’s Current Ratio is 7.40. As well, the Quick Ratio is 6.00, while the Cash Ratio is 4.71. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 8.82, the price to book ratio is 3.25 and the P/E (TTM) ratio is 75.41.
Transactions by insiders
Insider trading has also been a hot topic recently, with 0 insiders purchasing 0 shares and 1 selling 3,737 shares in the past 3 months. Recent insider trading involved Yang Allen, SR. VICE PRESIDENT & CMO, that happened on Dec 19 when 3737.0 shares were sold. SR. VICE PRESIDENT & CSO, Desjarlais John R completed a deal on Mar 09 to sell 1172.0 shares. Meanwhile, VP, GENERAL COUNSEL Eckert Celia sold 789.0 shares on Mar 09.