Mizuho Securities analyst Salim Syed assigned a Buy rating to Cytokinetics (CYTK) today and set a price target of $31.00. The company’s shares closed last Monday at $15.20.
According to TipRanks.com, Syed is currently ranked with 0 stars on a 0-5 stars ranking scale, with an average return of -8.6% and a 44.6% success rate. Syed covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as Atara Biotherapeutics, Assembly Biosciences, and Coherus Biosciences.
Currently, the analyst consensus on Cytokinetics is a Strong Buy with an average price target of $26.60, an 87.9% upside from current levels. In a report issued on April 24, H.C. Wainwright also reiterated a Buy rating on the stock with a $30.00 price target.
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Based on Cytokinetics’ latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $5.21 million and GAAP net loss of $30.64 million. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $9.38 million and had a GAAP net loss of $26.47 million.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 38 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of CYTK in relation to earlier this year. Last month, Wendall Wierenga, a Director at CYTK sold 9,999 shares for a total of $159,984.
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Cytokinetics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on the discovery and development of muscle activators as potential treatment for debilitating diseases. It conducts a Phase 2 clinical trials program for tirasemtiv, including a Phase 2b clinical trial in patients with ALS, known as BENEFIT-ALS (Blinded Evaluation of Neuromuscular Effects and Functional Improvement with Tirasemtiv in ALS). The company was founded on August 5, 1997 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.
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