Don't Take a Position in Exelixis Stocks Without Knowing Its Fundamentals!

By Susan Ramirez • Monday, December 15 10:10 • Permanent Link

Exelixis logged a 2.9% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $42.05 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. EXEL's trading volume is 300,828 compared to the stock's average volume of 2,774,212.

Exelixis trades -6.44% away from its average analyst target price of $44.94 per share. The 18 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $30.0 to $60.0, and on average have given Exelixis a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying EXEL should be aware of the facts below:

Exelixis's current price is 145.8% above its Graham number of $17.11, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Exelixis has moved 14.7% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 13.6%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.38, Exelixis has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 17.7 while the S&P 500 average is None
EXEL has a forward P/E ratio of 12.8 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $3.28 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 5.22 compared to its sector average of None
Exelixis, Inc., an oncology company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of new medicines for difficult-to-treat cancers in the United States.
Based in Alameda, the company has 1,147 full time employees and a market cap of $11.32 Billion.

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