Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWTX – Get Free Report)’s stock price shot up 4.5% on Friday after Piper Sandler raised their price target on the stock from $48.00 to $51.00. Piper Sandler currently has an overweight rating on the stock. Edgewise Therapeutics traded as high as $31.34 and last traded at $31.34. 61,766 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 94% from the average session volume of 962,308 shares. The stock had previously closed at $29.99.
EWTX has been the subject of several other reports. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $32.00 price objective on shares of Edgewise Therapeutics in a report on Tuesday, September 17th. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $31.00 price objective on shares of Edgewise Therapeutics in a report on Friday, August 16th. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on Edgewise Therapeutics from $25.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, September 19th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Edgewise Therapeutics from $30.00 to $31.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, August 12th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $35.60.
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Institutional Investors Weigh In On Edgewise Therapeutics
A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Quest Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Edgewise Therapeutics by 156.9% during the second quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 1,742 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 1,064 shares during the last quarter. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. grew its stake in shares of Edgewise Therapeutics by 37.3% during the first quarter. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. now owns 5,751 shares of the company’s stock worth $105,000 after acquiring an additional 1,561 shares during the last quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Edgewise Therapeutics during the second quarter worth about $35,000. Quantum Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in shares of Edgewise Therapeutics by 5.5% during the first quarter. Quantum Private Wealth LLC now owns 66,674 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,216,000 after acquiring an additional 3,455 shares during the last quarter. Finally, ProShare Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Edgewise Therapeutics by 51.6% during the first quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 16,885 shares of the company’s stock worth $308,000 after acquiring an additional 5,748 shares during the last quarter.
Edgewise Therapeutics Stock Up 6.4 %
The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $21.36 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $19.26. The firm has a market cap of $2.99 billion, a PE ratio of -20.59 and a beta of 0.20.
Edgewise Therapeutics (NASDAQ:EWTX – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 8th. The company reported ($0.34) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.36) by $0.02. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc. will post -1.47 earnings per share for the current year.
Edgewise Therapeutics Company Profile
Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc, a biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes therapies for the treatment of muscle disorders. Its lead product candidate, EDG-5506, an orally administered small molecule that is in Phase II clinical trials, designed to address the root cause of dystrophinopathies including Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Becker muscular dystrophy.
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