In a report released today, Chad Messer from Needham reiterated a Buy rating on Geron (GERN), with a price target of $3.00. The company’s shares closed last Wednesday at $1.80.
According to TipRanks.com, Messer is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 14.0% and a 52.0% success rate. Messer covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as Phasebio Pharmaceuticals, Aeglea Biotherapeutics, and Ionis Pharmaceuticals.
Currently, the analyst consensus on Geron is a Strong Buy with an average price target of $3.75.
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Based on Geron’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending March 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $52K and GAAP net loss of $16.36 million. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $57K and had a GAAP net loss of $10.06 million.
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Geron Corp. operates as a biotechnology company. It develops a telomerase inhibitor, imetelstat, in hematologic myeloid malignancies. The company was founded by Michael D. West on November 28, 1990 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.