At the time of writing, Esperion Therapeutics Inc [ESPR] stock is trading at $1.90, up 1.60%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The ESPR shares have gain 6.15% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -14.03%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Esperion Therapeutics Inc [NASDAQ: ESPR] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 18, 2024, when Goldman initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $4. Previously, Cantor Fitzgerald started tracking the stock with Overweight rating on December 17, 2024, and set its price target to $8. On June 20, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Underperform but maintained its price target of $2.50 on the stock. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Northland Capital upgraded its rating to Market Perform for this stock on August 01, 2023. In a note dated June 15, 2023, BofA Securities upgraded an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $1.25 to $4.
For the past year, the stock price of Esperion Therapeutics Inc fluctuated between $1.58 and $3.94. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $8 within the next 12 months. Esperion Therapeutics Inc [NASDAQ: ESPR] shares were valued at $1.90 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 321.05% based on the average ESPR price forecast.
Analyzing the ESPR fundamentals
According to Esperion Therapeutics Inc [NASDAQ:ESPR], the company’s sales were 295.45M for trailing twelve months, which represents an 52.00% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.82% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.06%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.29%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.29%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.28, Equity is 0.24 and Total Capital is 0.11. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of-0.73.
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 1.8633 points at the first support level, and at 1.8267 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 1.9333, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 1.9667.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Esperion Therapeutics Inc [NASDAQ:ESPR] has a current ratio of 1.85. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.37 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.87. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.27.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Warren Eric, Officer, that happened on Feb 19 ’25 when 239.0 shares were purchased. Officer, Halladay Benjamin completed a deal on Feb 19 ’25 to buy 11.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Financial Officer Halladay Benjamin sold 9.0 shares on Jan 17 ’25.
