Understanding the Basics of Repligen (RGEN) Stock

By Tamara Parker • Tuesday, October 31 15:41 • Permanent Link

We're taking a closer look at Repligen today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved 19.0% compared to 0.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:

Repligen Corporation develops and commercializes bioprocessing technologies and systems for use in biological drug manufacturing process in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally.
Repligen has moved -27.0% over the last year compared to 10.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -37.0%
RGEN has an average analyst rating of buy and is -30.88% away from its mean target price of $196.54 per share
Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $2.42
Repligen has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 56.1 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $2.29 and its forward P/E ratio is 59.3
RGEN has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of -47.77, which shows the company is fairly valued compared to its earnings.
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 3.84 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Repligen is part of the Health Care sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 24.45 and an average P/B of 4.16
Repligen has on average reported free cash flows of $58.34 Million over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 28.5%

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