Crispr Therapeutics AG (CRSP) Initiated with a Hold at William Blair


Crispr Therapeutics AG (CRSP) received a Hold rating from William Blair analyst Raju Prasad today. The company’s shares opened today at $39.71.

Prasad wrote:

“CRISPR Therapeutics AG We are initiating coverage on CRISPR Perform rating and $39 fair value estimate. While we acknowledge the innovative nature of the CRISPR/Cas9 discovery and the ease of use and flexibility of the platform as a potential ex vivo and in vivo therapeutic modality, we view the most-progressed indications being targeted—beta-thalassemia and sickle cell with CTX001 in col- laboration with Vertex and allogeneic T-cell therapy for hematological malignancies (acute lymphocytic leukemia [ALL], non-Hodgkin lymphoma [NHL], and multiple myeloma [MM])—as hyper-competitive spaces where the company is behind the leaders in clinical development.”

According to TipRanks.com, Prasad is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 18.4% and a 54.8% success rate. Prasad covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as Rocket Pharmaceuticals Inc, Global Blood Therapeutics, and Logicbio Therapeutics Inc.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Crispr Therapeutics AG with a $52.25 average price target.

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The company has a one-year high of $73.90 and a one-year low of $22.22. Currently, Crispr Therapeutics AG has an average volume of 896.2K.

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CRISPR Therapeutics AG engages in the development and commercialization of therapies derived from genome-editing technology. Its proprietary platform CRISPR/Cas9-based therapeutics allows for precise and directed changes to genomic DNA. The company was founded by Rodger Novak, Emmanuelle Charpentier, and Shaun Patrick Foy in 2014 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

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