Align Technology (ALGN):
In Wednesday trading session Align Technology (ALGN) stock price ended at $ 201.56 by scoring a change of -3.79%. 52% off from its 52-week low and traded with 49.47% off from its 52-week period. The Company kept 72.65M Floating Shares and holds 80.6M shares outstanding.
The company's earnings for share shows growth of 65.70% for the current year and 19.89%. Analyst projected EPS growth for the next 5 years at24.46%. The company's growth rate for the past five years was 40.40%. Stock for several years. The company's earnings will be a direct relationship to the price of the company's stock. The stock observed Sales growth of 21.30% during past 5 years. EPS growth quarter over quarter stands at 40.70% and Sales growth quarter over quarter at 31.10%.
Shares price with -42.89% from its 50 Day and high at 6.89% from 50 Day low. Analyses consensus rating score stands at 1.7. For the next one year period, the average of the individual price target stated by the sell-side analysts is $ 317.36.
As a short look on profitability, the firm registered profit margin of 16.90%, and operating margin was noted at 24.60%. The company maintained at Gross Margin of 74.60%. The Institutional ownership of the firm is 80.60% while Insiders ownership is 0.30%. Company has kept return on investment (ROI) at 26.70% over the previous 12 months and has been able to maintain return on assets (ROA) at 16.90% for the last twelve months. Return on equity (ROE) recorded at 26.70%.
Align Technology (ALGN) stock recent traded volume stands with 1019890 shares as compared to its average volume of 1417.19K shares. The related volume observed at 0.72.
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Its debt ratio with its assets (cash, marketable securities, inventory, accounts receivable). As such, a current ratio can be used as a rough estimate of a company's financial health. The quick ratio of a short-term financial liability with quick assets (cash and cash equivalents, short-term marketable securities, and accounts receivable). The higher the ratio, the more financially secure the company is in the short term. A common law of thumb is that companies are able to meet their short-term liabilities.
The long term debt / equity shows a value of 0 with a total debt / equity of 0. It gives the investors the idea on the company's financial leverage, measured by apportioning. It also illustrates how much debt is used in equity.
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Align Technology (ALGN) stock moved lower -7.95% in contrast to its 20 days moving average displaying short-term negative movement of stock. It shifted -18.93% below its 50-day simple moving average. This is showing medium-term bearish trend based on SMA 50. The stock price went underground -34.31% from its 200-day simple moving average identifying long-term downward trend.
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