Chardan Capital Keeps Their Buy Rating on Kodiak Sciences Inc (KOD)


In a report released today, Gbola Amusa from Chardan Capital reiterated a Buy rating on Kodiak Sciences Inc (KOD), with a price target of $22.50. The company’s shares closed last Monday at $14.99, close to its 52-week high of $15.25.

Amusa said:

“We are positive on the latest Kodiak data, which supports our thesis that KSI-301 maintains the key attributes of approved anti-VEGF therapies (antibody based, intravitreal, optically clear, no residues) and is optimized for extended durability. We will follow up on these preliminary thoughts with a model update in future research.”

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Kodiak Sciences Inc has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price target consensus of $22.50.

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Based on Kodiak Sciences Inc’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending June 30, the company reported a quarterly GAAP net loss of $11.39 million. In comparison, last year the company had a GAAP net loss of $4.58 million.

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Kodiak Sciences, Inc. is a a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of novel therapies for the treatment of retinal diseases. Its product pipeline include KSI-301 for wet AMD; KSI-301 for diabetic eye disease; KSI-501 for DME and uveitis; KSI-201 for resistant wet AMD; and KSI-401 for dry AMD. The company was founded by Stephen A. Charles and Victor Perlroth in 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

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