Ardelyx, Inc. (ARDX): Price and Financial Metrics

ARDX POWR Grades

• Value is the dimension where ARDX ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 52.59% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for ARDX is in Momentum, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• ARDX's current lowest rank is in the Stability metric (where it is better than 2.89% of US stocks).

ARDX Stock Summary

• With a price/sales ratio of 13.81, Ardelyx Inc has a higher such ratio than 89.51% of stocks in our set.
• The volatility of Ardelyx Inc's share price is greater than that of 99.88% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Ardelyx Inc's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is -59.61%, greater than the shareholder yield of only 7.37% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Ardelyx Inc are CLVS, SMCI, FBIO, TVTX, and APM.
• Visit ARDX's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.ardelyx.com.

ARDX Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Healthcare stock, ARDX's EV/EBIT ratio is 103.41% lower, now standing at -1.
• ARDX's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 31.4 over the prior 88 months.
• Over the past 88 months, ARDX's price/earnings ratio has gone up 35.8.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for ARDX.

ARDX Growth Metrics

The 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at -0.63%.
• Its 2 year price growth rate is now at 42.77%.
• Its year over year price growth rate is now at -8.18%.

ARDX's revenue has moved down $8,046,000 over the prior 70 months.

The table below shows ARDX's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	10.097	-152.551	-158.165
2021-09-30	10.877	-130.672	-150.807
2021-06-30	12.417	-115.96	-125.328
2021-03-31	12.94	-100.706	-105.095
2020-12-31	7.571	-81.435	-94.313
2020-09-30	8.012	-74.982	-85.227

ARDX's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• ARDX has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 26.73% of graded US stocks.
• ARDX's asset turnover comes in at 0.061 -- ranking 306th of 682 Pharmaceutical Products stocks.
• XBIO, CBAY, and BPTH are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with ARDX.

The table below shows ARDX's key quality metrics over time.