Simulations Plus (NASDAQ:SLP) Director Sells 4,177 Shares of Stock

Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLPGet Free Report) Director Walter Woltosz sold 4,177 shares of Simulations Plus stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $18.44, for a total transaction of $77,023.88. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 3,202,131 shares in the company, valued at approximately $59,047,295.64. This trade represents a 0.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Simulations Plus Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SLP traded down $0.03 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $18.36. 340,704 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 389,171. Simulations Plus, Inc. has a twelve month low of $11.09 and a twelve month high of $21.01. The company has a market cap of $370.87 million, a PE ratio of -5.87 and a beta of 1.30. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $16.17 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $15.49.

Simulations Plus (NASDAQ:SLPGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 9th. The technology company reported $0.35 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.27 by $0.08. Simulations Plus had a positive return on equity of 16.21% and a negative net margin of 77.96%.The company had revenue of $24.29 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $21.66 million. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Simulations Plus, Inc. will post 0.8 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Simulations Plus

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Simulations Plus in the 2nd quarter worth about $25,000. Quarry LP acquired a new stake in shares of Simulations Plus in the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Simulations Plus by 59.3% in the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 4,485 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $53,000 after purchasing an additional 1,669 shares during the period. Fifth Third Bancorp bought a new position in Simulations Plus in the 1st quarter worth approximately $54,000. Finally, Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd grew its holdings in Simulations Plus by 343.0% in the 4th quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd now owns 3,983 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $73,000 after buying an additional 3,084 shares in the last quarter. 78.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have issued reports on SLP. Craig Hallum downgraded Simulations Plus from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $18.50 price objective on the stock. in a report on Thursday, June 18th. TD Cowen cut their price target on shares of Simulations Plus from $19.00 to $16.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, April 10th. William Blair downgraded shares of Simulations Plus from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 17th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Simulations Plus from a “sell (d-)” rating to a “sell (d)” rating in a report on Friday, June 5th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Simulations Plus from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, June 13th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $20.90.

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Simulations Plus, Inc (NASDAQ: SLP) specializes in advanced modeling and simulation software tailored to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical industries. The company’s flagship products include ADMET Predictor, a quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) tool for predicting absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity properties, and GastroPlus, a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling platform for simulating drug absorption and pharmacokinetics.

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