Bluebird Bio (BLUE) Receives a Buy from Cowen & Co.


Cowen & Co. analyst Chris Shibutani maintained a Buy rating on Bluebird Bio (NASDAQ: BLUE) on August 3. The company’s shares opened today at $157.30.

According to TipRanks.com, Shibutani is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 10.6% and a 39.4% success rate. Shibutani covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc, Five Prime Therapeutics, and Pieris Pharmaceuticals.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Bluebird Bio with a $217.30 average price target, a 38.1% upside from current levels. In a report issued on August 2, William Blair also maintained a Buy rating on the stock.

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Based on Bluebird Bio’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending June 30, the company reported a quarterly GAAP net loss of $146 million. In comparison, last year the company had a GAAP net loss of $70.9 million.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 81 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock.

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bluebird bio, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company. Its integrated product platform includes gene therapy, cancer immunotherapy, and gene editing. It offers the LentiGlobin which is a treatment for transfusion-dependent ß-thalassemia; and Lenti-D as a treatment for cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy.

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