Here Are the Facts You Need to Understand ELAN

By Tamara Parker • Tuesday, December 19 16:09 • Permanent Link

Shares of Pharmaceutical company Elanco Animal Health climbed 4.5% this evening. Here are some quick facts to get you started if you are interested in the stock:

Elanco Animal Health has logged a 13.7% 52 week change, compared to 24.0% for the S&P 500
ELAN has an average analyst rating of hold and is 3.93% away from its mean target price of $13.75 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $-2.32, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to -6.2. The Health Care sector's average P/E ratio is 30.21
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $0.89 and its forward P/E ratio is 16.1
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.15 in contrast to the Health Care sector's average P/B ratio is 4.08
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $-11000000 and the average free cash flow growth rate is -7.0%
Elanco Animal Health's revenues have an average growth rate of 7.5% with operating expenses growing at 11.0%. The company's current operating margins stand at -26.2%

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