Raptor Pharmaceutical (RPTP) Stock: Weak On High Volume Today
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Trade-Ideas LLC identified
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) as a weak on high relative volume candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Raptor Pharmaceutical as such a stock due to the following factors:
- RPTP has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $18.8 million.
- RPTP has traded 184,978 shares today.
- RPTP is trading at 2.59 times the normal volume for the stock at this time of day.
- RPTP is trading at a new low 6.02% below yesterday's close.
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More details on RPTP:
Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing and commercializing life-altering therapeutics that treat debilitating and often fatal diseases. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate Raptor Pharmaceutical a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.
The average volume for Raptor Pharmaceutical has been 1.0 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Raptor has a market cap of $828.7 million and is part of the health care sector and drugs industry. The stock has a beta of 0.67 and a short float of 25% with 10.32 days to cover. Shares are up 14.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday.
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Analysis:
rates Raptor Pharmaceutical as a
. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its unimpressive growth in net income, generally high debt management risk and feeble growth in its earnings per share.
Highlights from the ratings report include:
- The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Biotechnology industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 56.5% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from -$12.09 million to -$18.92 million.
- The debt-to-equity ratio is very high at 2.45 and currently higher than the industry average, implying increased risk associated with the management of debt levels within the company. Despite the company's weak debt-to-equity ratio, the company has managed to keep a very strong quick ratio of 5.45, which shows the ability to cover short-term cash needs.
- RAPTOR PHARMACEUTICAL CORP's earnings per share declined by 45.0% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. We feel it is likely to report a decline in earnings in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, RAPTOR PHARMACEUTICAL CORP continued to lose money by earning -$0.83 versus -$1.22 in the prior year. For the next year, the market is expecting a contraction of 6.0% in earnings (-$0.88 versus -$0.83).
- The company's current return on equity greatly increased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of significant strength within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Biotechnology industry and the overall market, RAPTOR PHARMACEUTICAL CORP's return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
- Compared to where it was a year ago, the stock is now trading at a higher level, and has traded in line with the S&P 500. Turning our attention to the future direction of the stock, we do not believe this stock offers ample reward opportunity to compensate for the risks, despite the fact that it rose over the past year.
- You can view the full Raptor Pharmaceutical Ratings Report.
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