NASDAQ:AKRX - Akorn Stock Price, Forecast & News

Akorn trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AKRX."

Akorn, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKRX) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The company reported $0.02 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.04) by $0.06. The business earned $176.24 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $176.15 million. Akorn had a negative net margin of 53.62% and a negative return on equity of 19.95%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned ($0.06) earnings per share. View Akorn's Earnings History.

3 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Akorn's shares. Their forecasts range from $4.00 to $8.00. On average, they expect Akorn's stock price to reach $5.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 54.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Akorn.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Akorn in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Akorn.

Headlines about AKRX stock have trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Akorn earned a daily sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Akorn.

Akorn saw a increase in short interest in November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 8,780,000 shares, an increase of 16.3% from the November 14th total of 7,550,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,520,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.8 days. Approximately 9.3% of the company's shares are short sold. View Akorn's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Akorn investors own include Celgene (CELG), Integrated Device Technology (IDTI), Skechers USA (SKX), Rite Aid (RAD), Lannett (LCI), Bank of America (BAC), Quantenna Communications (QTNA), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Paycom Software (PAYC) and Square (SQ).

Akorn's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Millennium Management LLC (2.66%), State Street Corp (2.60%), Canyon Capital Advisors LLC (2.38%), Mackay Shields LLC (0.57%), Gabelli Funds LLC (0.35%) and Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (0.29%). Company insiders that own Akorn stock include Alan D Weinstein, John N Kapoor, Joseph Bonaccorsi, Steven J Meyer and Terry Allison Rappuhn. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Akorn.

AKRX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Squarepoint Ops LLC, State Street Corp, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Barclays PLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, Chicago Equity Partners LLC and Gabelli Funds LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Akorn.

AKRX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Mackay Shields LLC, Canyon Capital Advisors LLC, Tibra Equities Europe Ltd, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL and California Public Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have bought Akorn stock in the last two years include Alan D Weinstein, Joseph Bonaccorsi, Steven J Meyer and Terry Allison Rappuhn. View Insider Buying and Selling for Akorn.

Shares of AKRX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AKRX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $3.68.

Akorn has a market capitalization of $464.23 million and generates $694.02 million in revenue each year. The company earns $-401,910,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.36) on an earnings per share basis. Akorn employs 2,191 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Akorn.

The official website for Akorn is http://www.akorn.com/.

Akorn's mailing address is 1925 WEST FIELD COURT SUITE 300, LAKE FOREST IL, 60045. The company can be reached via phone at 847-279-6100 or via email at [email protected]