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Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$23.80 +0.69 (+2.99%)
Closing price 10/3/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$23.80 0.00 (0.00%)
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About Apellis Pharmaceuticals Stock (NASDAQ:APLS)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$23.07
$23.94
50-Day Range
$18.75
$28.65
52-Week Range
$16.10
$35.72
Volume
3.51 million shs
Average Volume
2.22 million shs
Market Capitalization
$3.01 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$33.29
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Apellis Pharmaceuticals Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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84th Percentile Overall Score

APLS MarketRank™: 

Apellis Pharmaceuticals scored higher than 84% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 185th out of 941 stocks in the medical sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Apellis Pharmaceuticals has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.45, and is based on 9 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

  • Upside Potential

    Apellis Pharmaceuticals has a consensus price target of $33.29, representing about 39.9% upside from its current price of $23.80.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Apellis Pharmaceuticals has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Apellis Pharmaceuticals' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Apellis Pharmaceuticals are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($1.70) to ($1.06) per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Apellis Pharmaceuticals is -13.08, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Apellis Pharmaceuticals is -13.08, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Apellis Pharmaceuticals has a P/B Ratio of 12.93. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Apellis Pharmaceuticals' valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    17.23% of the outstanding shares of Apellis Pharmaceuticals have been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Apellis Pharmaceuticals has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.1.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Apellis Pharmaceuticals has recently increased by 5.94%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Apellis Pharmaceuticals does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Apellis Pharmaceuticals does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    17.23% of the outstanding shares of Apellis Pharmaceuticals have been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Apellis Pharmaceuticals has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.1.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Apellis Pharmaceuticals has recently increased by 5.94%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Apellis Pharmaceuticals has a news sentiment score of 0.31. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.54 average news sentiment score of Medical companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Apellis Pharmaceuticals this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    10 people have searched for APLS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 43% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    4 people have added Apellis Pharmaceuticals to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Apellis Pharmaceuticals insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $10,656,945.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 6.50% of the stock of Apellis Pharmaceuticals is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    96.29% of the stock of Apellis Pharmaceuticals is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Apellis Pharmaceuticals' insider trading history.
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APLS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Apellis Pharmaceuticals' stock was trading at $31.91 at the beginning of the year. Since then, APLS stock has decreased by 25.4% and is now trading at $23.80.

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:APLS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 31st. The company reported ($0.33) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.44) by $0.11. The business's revenue was down 10.6% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript
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Apellis Pharmaceuticals subsidiaries include these companies: Potentia Pharmaceuticals, Apellis Australia Pty Ltd., Apellis Bermuda Ltd., Apellis Cayman Holdings Limited, Apellis France S.A.S., Apellis Germany GmbH, Apellis Ireland Ltd., and others.

Apellis Pharmaceuticals (APLS) raised $150 million in an IPO on Thursday, November 9th 2017. The company issued 10,700,000 shares at $13.00-$15.00 per share. Citigroup, J.P. Morgan and Evercore ISI served as the underwriters for the IPO.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Apellis Pharmaceuticals investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE), Arista Networks (ANET) and ServiceNow (NOW).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
7/31/2025
Today
10/05/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
11/04/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Medical
Industry
MED - BIOMED/GENE
Sub-Industry
Pharmaceutical Products
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:APLS
CIK
1492422
Fax
N/A
Employees
770
Year Founded
2009

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$57.00
Low Price Target
$18.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+39.9%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.45
Research Coverage
20 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
($1.82)
Trailing P/E Ratio
N/A
Forward P/E Ratio
N/A
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
-$197.88 million
Net Margins
-30.24%
Pretax Margin
-30.01%
Return on Equity
-116.09%
Return on Assets
-26.72%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
2.90
Current Ratio
3.77
Quick Ratio
3.16

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$781.37 million
Price / Sales
3.85
Cash Flow
N/A
Price / Cash Flow
N/A
Book Value
$1.84 per share
Price / Book
12.93

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
126,290,000
Free Float
118,081,000
Market Cap
$3.01 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.69

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This page (NASDAQ:APLS) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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