In a report released today, Yaron Werber from Cowen & Co. maintained a Buy rating on Epizyme (EPZM), with a price target of $18. The company’s shares opened today at $14.01.
According to TipRanks.com, Werber is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 12.6% and a 63.1% success rate. Werber covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc., Rocket Pharmaceuticals Inc, and Unum Therapeutics Inc.
Currently, the analyst consensus on Epizyme is a Strong Buy with an average price target of $22.67, a 61.8% upside from current levels. In a report issued on May 30, Citigroup also initiated coverage with a Buy rating on the stock with a $25 price target.
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Based on Epizyme’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending March 31, the company reported a quarterly GAAP net loss of $29.34 million. In comparison, last year the company had a GAAP net loss of $34.07 million.
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Epizyme, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engage in the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel epigenetic medicines for cancer and other diseases. Its product pipeline is lead by, tazemetostat which targets Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, molecularly defined solid tumors, non-small-cell lung carcinoma, molecularly targeted tumors, and ovarian cancer. It also develops pinometostat for genetically defined acute leukemia, and EZM8266 for sickle cell disease. The company was founded by Robert Horvitz and Zhang Yi on November 1, 2007 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.
