APLS Investors, You Need to Know These Facts Today.

By Harris Dyer • Monday, November 13 15:13 • Permanent Link

Apellis Pharmaceuticals logged a -2.5% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $45.83 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. APLS's trading volume is 714,719 compared to the stock's average volume of 2,814,048.

Apellis Pharmaceuticals trades -36.09% away from its average analyst target price of $71.71 per share. The 14 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $38.0 to $95.0, and on average have given Apellis Pharmaceuticals a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in APLS, you'll want to know the following:

Apellis Pharmaceuticals has moved -2.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 12.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of -5.23, Apellis Pharmaceuticals has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of -8.8 while the S&P 500 average is None
APLS has a forward P/E ratio of -20.8 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $-2.2 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of -0.32 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Apellis Pharmaceuticals is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 23.36 compared to its sector average of None
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutic compounds through the inhibition of the complement system for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
Based in Waltham, the company has 767 full time employees and a market cap of $5.43 Billion.

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