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Cowen & Co. Sticks to Its Buy Rating for Alnylam Pharma (ALNY)

Cowen & Co. analyst Ritu Baral maintained a Buy rating on Alnylam Pharma (ALNY) today and set a price target of $120. The company’s shares closed last Monday at $80.69.

According to TipRanks.com, Baral is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 21.2% and a 47.1% success rate. Baral covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc, Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc, and ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Alnylam Pharma with a $125 average price target, representing a 51.3% upside. In a report issued on August 26, Piper Jaffray also reiterated a Buy rating on the stock with a $142 price target.

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Based on Alnylam Pharma’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending June 30, the company reported a quarterly GAAP net loss of $219 million. In comparison, last year the company had a GAAP net loss of $164 million.

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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the discovery, development and commercialization of RNAi therapeutics. It is the translation of RNAi as a new class of innovative medicines with a core focus on RNAi therapeutics for the treatment of genetically defined diseases.