PTC Therapeutics (PTCT) Receives a Buy from William Blair


William Blair analyst Raju Prasad maintained a Buy rating on PTC Therapeutics (PTCT) today. The company’s shares closed last Friday at $55.80.

According to TipRanks.com, Prasad is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 20.6% and a 58.4% success rate. Prasad covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as Global Blood Therapeutics, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, and Rocket Pharmaceuticals.

Currently, the analyst consensus on PTC Therapeutics is a Moderate Buy with an average price target of $65.57.

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Based on PTC Therapeutics’ latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $119 million and GAAP net loss of $74.35 million. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $96.46 million and had a GAAP net loss of $77.68 million.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 66 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 PTCT in relation to earlier this year.

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PTC Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the discovery and commercialization of clinically-differentiated medicines. It focuses on the development of new treatments for multiple therapeutic areas, including rare diseases and oncology. The company was founded by Allan Steven Jacobson and Stuart W. Peltz on March 31, 1998 and is headquartered in South Plainfield, NJ.

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