Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

LXRX Stock  USD 0.80  0.02  2.44%   
Given the investment horizon of 90 days and your conservative risk appetite, our recommendation regarding Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is 'Strong Sell'. A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell Lexicon Pharmaceuticals given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards Lexicon Pharmaceuticals. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

Execute Advice
Sell Lexicon PharmaceuticalsBuy Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
Strong Sell

Market Performance

Very WeakDetails

Volatility

DangerousDetails

Hype Condition

Over hypedDetails

Current Valuation

UndervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

Very HighDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Almost mirrors the marketDetails

Investor Sentiment

InterestedDetails

Analyst Consensus

BuyDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

HealthyDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Unlikely ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon Lexicon Pharmaceuticals has a Mean Deviation of 3.69, Standard Deviation of 6.12 and Variance of 37.5
We provide investment recommendation to complement the last-minute expert consensus on Lexicon Pharmaceuticals. Our dynamic recommendation engine harnesses a multidimensional algorithm to analyze the entity's potential to grow using all technical and fundamental data available at the time. To make sure Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is not overpriced, please verify all Lexicon Pharmaceuticals fundamentals, including its current ratio, target price, and the relationship between the cash per share and short ratio . As Lexicon Pharmaceuticals appears to be a penny stock we also strongly suggest to check its price to earning numbers.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals has high historical volatility and very poor performance
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals has some characteristics of a very speculative penny stock
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals has a very high chance of going through financial distress in the upcoming years
The company reported the previous year's revenue of 1.2 M. Net Loss for the year was (177.12 M) with loss before overhead, payroll, taxes, and interest of (52.68 M).
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals currently holds about 61.97 M in cash with (161.9 M) of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 0.34.
Over 82.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors
Latest headline from gurufocus.com: Lexicon Announces Completion of Enrollment in Phase 2B PROGRESS Study of LX9211 in Diabetic ...

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Lexicon Pharmaceuticals price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Lexicon Pharmaceuticals.
Mean Return
-0.93
Value At Risk
-7.55
Potential Upside
6.70
Standard Deviation
6.12
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Lexicon Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument, such as Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, soars without any apparent reason? This usually happens because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Lexicon Pharmaceuticals back and forth among themselves.
Shares
Pinnacle Associates Inc2024-09-30
1.7 M
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2024-09-30
1.4 M
Point72 Asset Management, L.p.2024-09-30
1.2 M
Marshall Wace Asset Management Ltd2024-06-30
1.2 M
Northern Trust Corp2024-09-30
1.1 M
Braidwell Lp2024-09-30
801.6 K
Wellington Management Company Llp2024-06-30
738.6 K
Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc2024-09-30
731.1 K
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts2024-06-30
708.1 K
Artal Group S A2024-06-30
175.1 M
Fmr Inc2024-09-30
49.9 M
Note, although Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Cash Flow Accounts

201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Change In Cash(44.3M)90.2M(62.2M)(17.7M)(23.9M)(22.7M)
Free Cash Flow113.7M(143.1M)(88.2M)(90.2M)(162.4M)(154.2M)
Depreciation3.7M2.9M292K427K554K526.3K
Capital Expenditures70K87K1.2M1.3M470K446.5K
Net Income130.1M(58.6M)(87.8M)(101.9M)(177.1M)(168.3M)
End Period Cash Flow36.1M126.3M64.1M46.3M22.5M21.3M
Other Non Cash Items30.1M(131.6M)54K744K(2.3M)(2.4M)
Change To Inventory(2.7M)437K345K(172K)(381K)(400.1K)
Investments(155.8M)209.4M3.3M(69.8M)(77.7M)(73.8M)
Change Receivables(50.6M)53.2M381K(14K)(16.1K)(16.9K)
Net Borrowings(1.3M)(216.6M)(11.7M)48.9M44.0M46.2M
Change To Netincome8.2M12.6M10.6M11.5M10.4M8.8M

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Lexicon Pharmaceuticals or Biotechnology sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Lexicon stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
-1.07
β
Beta against Dow Jones1.13
σ
Overall volatility
6.17
Ir
Information ratio -0.17

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Volatility Alert

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is displaying above-average volatility over the selected time horizon. Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is a potential penny stock. Although Lexicon Pharmaceuticals may be in fact a good instrument to invest, many penny stocks are speculative in nature and are subject to artificial price hype. Please make sure you totally understand the upside potential and downside risk of investing in Lexicon Pharmaceuticals. We encourage investors to look for signals such as email spams, message board hypes, claims of breakthroughs, volume upswings, sudden news releases, promotions that are not reported, or demotions released before SEC filings. Please also check biographies and work history of current and past company officers before investing in high volatility instruments, penny stocks, or equities with microcap classification. You can indeed make money on Lexicon instrument if you perfectly time your entry and exit. However, remember that penny stocks that have been the subject of artificial hype usually unable to maintain their increased share price for more than just a few days. The price of a promoted high volatility instrument will almost always revert back. The only way to increase shareholder value is through legitimate performance backed up by solid fundamentals.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Lexicon Pharmaceuticals and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Lexicon Pharmaceuticals or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals' fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Lexicon Pharmaceuticals by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Lexicon Pharmaceuticals to competition
FundamentalsLexicon PharmaceuticalsPeer Average
Return On Equity-1.36-0.31
Return On Asset-0.44-0.14
Operating Margin(36.40) %(5.51) %
Current Valuation133.79 M16.62 B
Shares Outstanding361.49 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders1.15 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions82.02 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted31.38 M4.71 M
Price To Earning21.02 X28.72 X
Price To Book1.63 X9.51 X
Price To Sales55.64 X11.42 X
Revenue1.2 M9.43 B
Gross Profit(52.68 M)27.38 B
EBITDA(163.46 M)3.9 B
Net Income(177.12 M)570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents61.97 M2.7 B
Cash Per Share0.34 X5.01 X
Total Debt106.06 M5.32 B
Debt To Equity0.36 %48.70 %
Current Ratio3.85 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share0.49 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations(161.9 M)971.22 M
Short Ratio7.49 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share(0.74) X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth(0.14) X4.89 X
Target Price4.2
Number Of Employees28518.84 K
Beta1.24-0.15
Market Capitalization290.96 M19.03 B
Total Asset229.43 M29.47 B
Retained Earnings(1.77 B)9.33 B
Working Capital145 M1.48 B
Current Asset171.5 M9.34 B
Note: Acquisition by Amouyal Philippe of 8032 shares of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Market Momentum

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