(VIANEWS) - Shares of Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CPRX) jumped 9.34% to $15.68 at 11:24 EST on Thursday, following the last session's downward trend. NASDAQ is falling 0.11% to $11,421.11, after three consecutive sessions in a row of gains. This seems, as yet, a somewhat negative trend exchanging session today.
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals's last close was $14.34, 35.14% under its 52-week high of $22.11.
About Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing and commercializing therapies for people with rare debilitating, chronic neuromuscular, and neurological diseases in the United States. It offers Firdapse, an amifampridine phosphate tablets for the treatment of patients with lambert-eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS); and Ruzurgi for the treatment of pediatric LEMS patients. The company also develops Firdapse for the treatment of MuSK antibody positive myasthenia gravis, and spinal muscular atrophy type 3, as well as to treat hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies. It has license agreements with BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.; and collaboration and license agreement with Endo Ventures Limited for the development and commercialization of generic Sabril tablets. The company was formerly known as Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. and changed its name to Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in May 2015. Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Coral Gables, Florida.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.71.
PE Ratio
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 22.08. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $22.08 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is 28.55%.Moving Average
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals's worth is below its 50-day moving average of $16.77 and way above its 200-day moving average of $13.45.More news about Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX).