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, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.04) by $0.06. The firm 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 company's revenue was up 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned ($0.06) EPS. View Akorn's Earnings History.

3 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Akorn's stock. Their forecasts range from $4.00 to $8.00. On average, they anticipate Akorn's share price to reach $5.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 288.1% 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 been trending very negative on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Akorn earned a media sentiment score of -3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Akorn.

Akorn saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,820,000 shares, a decline of 31.6% from the December 31st total of 8,510,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,360,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.5 days. Currently, 6.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Renaissance Technologies LLC (8.38%), Canyon Capital Advisors LLC (3.96%), State Street Corp (2.67%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.51%), Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (1.03%) and Maverick Capital Ltd. (0.98%). Company insiders that own Akorn stock include Alan D Weinstein, 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 AQR Capital Management LLC, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Spark Investment Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., UBS Group AG and Bank of America Corp DE. View Insider Buying and Selling for Akorn.

AKRX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Canyon Capital Advisors LLC, Maverick Capital Ltd., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Geode Capital Management LLC, Oxford Asset Management LLP and Gabelli Funds LLC. 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 $1.46.

Akorn has a market capitalization of $184.18 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]