Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc shares valued at $412,296 were purchased by Francois Cedric on Jan 22 ’25. At $30.43 per share, Francois Cedric acquired 13,551 shares.
Also, Watson David O. purchased 3,323 shares, netting a total of over 101,104 in proceeds.
Before that, Lewis Karen had added 1,751 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $53,275, the Officer bought Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc shares for $30.43 each.
As published in a research note from Goldman on December 17, 2024, Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc [APLS] has been rated down from a Buy to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $36. Analysts at Morgan Stanley started covering the stock with ‘”an Equal-weight”‘ outlook in a report released in late November. As of October 25, 2024, RBC Capital Mkts has initiated its “Sector perform” rating for APLS. Earlier on October 16, 2024, William Blair initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for APLS stock.
Analyzing APLS Stock Performance
During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 9.75%. Over the course of the year, Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc shares have dropped approximately -4.76%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $35.57 on 01/07/25 and a 52-week low of $27.35 on 01/10/25. A 50-day SMA is recorded $31.61, while a 200-day SMA reached $36.61. Nevertheless, trading volume fell to 1.32 million shares from 1.46 million shares the previous day.
Support And Resistance Levels for Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc (APLS)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 29.95, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 29.52. In the upper region, resistance lies at 30.83. The next price resistance is at 31.27. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 46.02 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment. Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is at -0.81, which suggests the price will decrease in the coming days. Percent R is at 63.02%, indicating low price movement. Stochastics %K at holding indicates that the stock is to be held.
