Morgan Stanley raised the price target for the United Therapeutics Corp (NASDAQ:UTHR) stock from “an Overweight” to “an Equal-weight”. The rating was released on July 11, 2024, according to finviz. We previously noted in another research note published on February 12, 2024 by Goldman that upgraded the stock from a Sell to a Neutral with a price target of $215 for UTHR stock. The research report from Leerink Partners has initiated the stock to Outperform, with a price target set at $330. The stock was initiated by Wells Fargo, who disclosed in a research note on December 08, 2023, to Overweight and set the price objective to $309. In their research brief published December 06, 2022, UBS analysts initiated the United Therapeutics Corp stock to Buy with a price target of $320.
The latest trade, Performances and Moving Averages give us the following Picture
The firm’s stock price fluctuated 1.48% within the last five trades and 10.64% within the last 30 trades, which was a significant change from the beginning of this year. Despite the fact that the share price increased 47.88% in the last 6 months and 39.68% was added to its value over the previous 3 months. UTHR stock is trading at a margin of 2.93%, 12.57% and 34.02% apart from the 20-Day, 50-Day and 200-Day Simple Moving Average prices.
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As of the close of trading, UTHR deals in the Healthcare domain. The stock is trading -3.21 percent below its 52-week high and 57.54 percent above its 52-week low. For example, looking both at the price and the high and low measurements of 52 weeks will give you a clearer picture of the direction the price is heading. The firm’s Weighted Alpha is 48.77. A positive weighted alpha indicates the firm has done well over the course of the year, whereas one below 0 indicates that the firm has done poorly.
What Does United Therapeutics Corp’s Profitability and Valuation Ratios Tell Us About the Stock?
With regard to the profitability of the company, the operating margin is currently at 50.31 percent and the profit margin is 42.05 percent, and the company has reported a gross margin of 88.87 percent. The profit margin, also known as the revenue ratio or gross profit ratio, is an efficiency figure used to estimate the business’s profitability by comparing net income and sales. The higher the number, the more profits are generated for the company and vice versa.
The stock’s market cap achieved a total value of $14.58 billion as of the last trading session. Market capitalization is the total value of all outstanding shares of a corporation and it is used to measure a company’s market value. The price-to-earnings ratio for United Therapeutics Corp (NASDAQ:UTHR) is 15.54. The price-to-earnings ratio is a method of assessing corporate values by comparing them to their per-share profit. Forward P/E stands at 11.80. Forward price-to-earnings is calculated using predicted earnings for the next financial year’s P/E determination. The stock has achieved an effective Price-to-Sales Ratio of 5.84 that mirrors the cost to be found for sales by the market. The firm managed a Price-to-Book ratio of 2.72, which equates the market value of a stock with its book value.
Is Insider Trading a Real Thing?
Almost all investors and traders prefer to invest in shares controlled by the management of a corporation as a management company will be more likely to run the business itself and to never conduct things against the management’s desires and will always try to do what is best for their shareholders. Currently, 1.74 percent of United Therapeutics Corp shares are owned by insiders, and 104.17 percent are held by financial institutions. ROTHBLATT MARTINE A, the Chairperson & CEO at United Therapeutics Corp (UTHR) has sold 3,600 shares of firm on Jul 16 ’24 at a price of $328.03 against the total amount of $1.18 million. In another inside trade, ROTHBLATT MARTINE A, Chairperson & CEO of United Therapeutics Corp (NASDAQ:UTHR) sold 3,600 shares of the firm on Jul 15 ’24 for a total worth of $1.17 million at a price of $326.29. An inside trade which took place on Jul 12 ’24, Chairperson & CEO of United Therapeutics Corp ROTHBLATT MARTINE A sold 3,600 shares of firm against total price of $1.17 million at the cost of $324.97 per share.