Stifel Nicolaus analyst Derek Archila reiterated a Buy rating on Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (RYTM) today and set a price target of $31.00. The company’s shares closed last Monday at $20.20.
According to TipRanks.com, Archila is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 4.8% and a 41.9% success rate. Archila covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as DBV Technologies SA – American, Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, and Phasebio Pharmaceuticals.
Currently, the analyst consensus on Rhythm Pharmaceuticals is a Strong Buy with an average price target of $36.75, which is an 88.5% upside from current levels. In a report released today, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. also maintained a Buy rating on the stock with a $43.00 price target.
See today’s analyst top recommended stocks >>
The company has a one-year high of $25.86 and a one-year low of $12.99. Currently, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals has an average volume of 188.3K.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 30 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 RYTM in relation to earlier this year.
TipRanks has tracked 36,000 company insiders and found that a few of them are better than others when it comes to timing their transactions. See which 3 stocks are most likely to make moves following their insider activities.
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and commercializes peptide therapeutics for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases and genetic deficiencies. It focuses on the treatment for Prader-Willi Syndrome and Pro-Opiomelanocortin deficiency obesity. The firm rapidly develops setmelanotide for rare genetic disorders of obesity caused by MC4 pathway deficiencies and provides advance setmelanotide for POMC deficiency obesity and LEPR deficiency obesity as first indications in upstream MC4 pathway deficiencies. The company was founded by Bart Henderson in February 2010 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.
