Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lexicon Pharmaceuticals in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Lexicon Pharmaceuticals stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LXRX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,370,000 shares, an increase of 24.1% from the June 15th total of 3,520,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 835,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.2 days. Approximately 3.1% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:LXRX) released its earnings results on Friday, July, 30th. The biopharmaceutical company reported ($0.13) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.16) by $0.03. Lexicon Pharmaceuticals had a negative net margin of 80.64% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.04%.
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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' stock was trading at $2.27 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LXRX shares have increased by 55.9% and is now trading at $3.54.
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5 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' stock. Their forecasts range from $7.00 to $13.00. On average, they expect Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' share price to reach $10.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 189.5% from the stock's current price.
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9 employees have rated Lexicon Pharmaceuticals CEO Lonnel Coats on Glassdoor.com. Lonnel Coats has an approval rating of 100% among Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' employees. This puts Lonnel Coats in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Lexicon Pharmaceuticals include Amgen (AMGN), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), Biogen (BIIB), Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN), Seagen (SGEN), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), Exact Sciences (EXAS), Incyte (INCY), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Repligen (RGEN), Novavax (NVAX), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX) and United Therapeutics (UTHR).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Lexicon Pharmaceuticals investors own include Portola Pharmaceuticals (PTLA), Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD), Dynavax Technologies (DVAX), MannKind (MNKD), ImmunoGen (IMGN), Geron (GERN), Micron Technology (MU), TherapeuticsMD (TXMD) and Gilead Sciences (GILD).

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LXRX."

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Boothe Investment Group Inc. (0.32%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.04%). Company insiders that own Lexicon Pharmaceuticals stock include Alexander A Santini, Christopher J Sobecki, James F Tessmer, Lonnel Coats and Sam L Barker.
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LXRX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boothe Investment Group Inc., and Alliancebernstein L.P.. Company insiders that have bought Lexicon Pharmaceuticals stock in the last two years include Alexander A Santini, Christopher J Sobecki, James F Tessmer, Lonnel Coats, and Sam L Barker.
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Shares of LXRX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LXRX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $3.54.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals has a market capitalization of $511.13 million and generates $24 million in revenue each year. The biopharmaceutical company earns $-58,570,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.52) on an earnings per share basis.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals employs 78 workers across the globe.

The official website for Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is www.lexpharma.com.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is headquartered at 8800 TECHNOLOGY FOREST PLACE, THE WOODLANDS TX, 77381.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' mailing address is 8800 TECHNOLOGY FOREST PLACE, THE WOODLANDS TX, 77381. The biopharmaceutical company can be reached via phone at 281-863-3000 or via email at [email protected]