ESPERION THERAPEUTICS INC (ESPR) Stock Technical Analysis
NASDAQ:ESPR - Nasdaq - US29664W1053 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
We assign a technical rating of 2 out of 10 to ESPR. Recently some decent action could be observed, but in the medium term time frame this is still negative. ESPR was also a bad performer in the overall market in the last year.
95% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than ESPR.
ESPR is one of the lesser performing stocks in the Pharmaceuticals industry. 73% of 195 stocks in the same industry do better.
ESPR is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is trading in the upper part of its 52 week range, so ESPR is lagging the market.
In the last month ESPR has a been trading in the 0.69 - 1.27 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the high of this range.
ESPR has an average volume of 5771170 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
The long term trend is still negative, but the short term trend is positive, so the stock is getting more and more appreciated by traders and investors.
Prices have been rising strongly lately, it may be a good idea to wait for a consolidation or pullback before considering an entry.
The technical rating of ESPR is bad and it also does not present a quality setup at the moment. Prices have been extended to the upside lately. For a nice entry it is better to wait for a consolidation.
More info and screens
0.86
1.23
When analyzing the support we notice one important area.
- Support @0.87 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
The Technical Rating and Setup analysis above combine different indicators and trends in different timeframes. Individual signals from indicators may give more contradictive signals and should always be interpreted in the more global context.
| Indicator | Value | Signal | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChartMill Long Term Trend Indicator | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The long term trend for ESPR is down. |
| ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator | UP | POSITIVE | The short term trend for ESPR is up. |
| ChartMill Relative Strength | 5.81 | NEGATIVE | ESPR has a low relative strength, it was outperformed by 94.19% off all stocks on the market. |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (20) | UP | POSITIVE | The current price of ESPR is above the rising SMA(20). |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (50) | DOWN | MIXED | The current price of ESPR is above a declining SMA(50). |
| Simple Moving Average/SMA (200) | DOWN | NEGATIVE | The current price of ESPR is below a declining SMA(200). |
| Relative Strength Index/RSI (14) | 69.09 | NEUTRAL | The RSI value for ESPR is a neutral value. |
| Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9) | 0.06 | POSITIVE | The MACD value suggests ESPR has a positive trend. |
| Stochastics (14,3) | 93.7 | OVERBOUGHT | The high Stochastics value suggests ESPR may be overbought. |
| Average True Range in percent/ATR (20) | 7.01 | HIGH VOLATILITY | The high ATR as a percentage value for ESPR suggests high volalility. |
| Average Directional Index/ADX (14) | 29.03 | POSITIVE | The high ADX value value for ESPR suggests a strong trend. |
Daily CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (D)
Bullish Hammer (D)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (D)
Hanging Man (D)
Bullish Harami (D)
Doji (D)
Gravestone Doji (D)
DragonFly Doji (D)
Bearish Engulfing (D)
Bearish Shooting Star (D)
Bearish Harami (D)
Inside Bar (D)
Red Dog Reversal Down (D)
Red Dog Reversal Up (D)
Dark Cloud Cover (D)
Weekly CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (W)
Bullish Hammer (W)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (W)
Hanging Man (W)
Bullish Harami (W)
Doji (W)
Gravestone Doji (W)
DragonFly Doji (W)
Bearish Engulfing (W)
Bearish Shooting Star (W)
Bearish Harami (W)
Inside Bar (W)
Dark Cloud Cover (W)
Daily Chart Patterns
Bull Flag
Bear Flag
Ascending Triangle (D)
Descending Triangle (D)
Symmetrical Triangle (D)
Squeeze
Channel (D)
Channel Up (D)
Channel Down (D)
Rising Wedge (D)
Falling Wedge (D)
Double Bottom (D)
Multiple Bottom (D)
Double Top (D)
Multiple Top (D)
Weekly Chart Patterns
Weekly Bull Flag
Weekly Bear Flag
Squeeze Week
Channel (W)
Double Bottom (W)
Multiple Bottom (W)
Double Top (W)
Multiple Top (W)
1.22
+0.06 (+5.17%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorHealth Care
GICS IndustryPharmaceuticals
Performance
% Chg5.17%
1 Week43.56%
2 Weeks51.93%
1 Month36.65%
3 Month-27.81%
6 Month-64.94%
12 Month-56.43%
2 Year-12.23%
3 Year-80.82%
5 Year-97.62%
10 Year-98.51%
15 YearN/A
Volatility
ATR(14)0.08
ATR(20)%7.01%
ATR Inc50.89%
Range Today0.09
ADR(20)0.08
ADR(20)%6.93%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS5.81
Mansfield-3.81
10 Day High1.27
10 Day Low0.76
20 Day High1.27
20 Day Low0.69
52 Week High3.94
52 Week Low0.69
CS1 End0.87
CR1 StartN/A
Volume & EV
DER(3)1.87%
DER(5)5.96%
Volume5.39M
Volume Incr-10.94%
Vol(5)5.56M
Vol(50)5.77M