Northland Securities analyst Tim Chiang maintained a Hold rating on Pacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX) yesterday and set a price target of $58.00. The company’s shares closed last Thursday at $58.13, close to its 52-week high of $59.93.
According to TipRanks.com, Chiang is a 1-star analyst with an average return of -0.3% and a 48.4% success rate. Chiang covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Verrica Pharmaceuticals, and Kala Pharmaceuticals.
The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Pacira Pharmaceuticals with a $64.20 average price target, a 19.2% upside from current levels. In a report released yesterday, Cowen & Co. also maintained a Hold rating on the stock with a $54.00 price target.
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The company has a one-year high of $59.93 and a one-year low of $27.46. Currently, Pacira Pharmaceuticals has an average volume of 722.8K.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 51 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 PCRX in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in May 2020, Lauren Bullaro Riker, the VP Finance of PCRX sold 4,000 shares for a total of $176,140.
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Pacira Biosciences, Inc. develops and manufactures injectable therapeutic products. The firm engages in the development, commercialization and manufacture of pharmaceutical products for use in postsurgical outcomes for acute care practitioners and their patients. Its flagship product, EXPAREL, redefines pain management after surgery as an opioid-free alternative indicated for single-dose infiltration into the surgical site to produce postsurgical analgesia. The company was founded in December 2006 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.
