Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ:RARE – Get Free Report) CEO Emil D. Kakkis sold 25,000 shares of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $42.48, for a total transaction of $1,062,000.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 2,158,985 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $91,713,682.80. This represents a 1.14 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink.
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Trading Down 0.4 %
NASDAQ RARE opened at $41.10 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $42.86 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $49.03. Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. has a 12-month low of $37.02 and a 12-month high of $60.37. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.80 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.48 and a beta of 0.60.
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:RARE – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The biopharmaceutical company reported ($1.39) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.32) by ($0.07). The company had revenue of $164.88 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $163.23 million. Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical had a negative net margin of 101.60% and a negative return on equity of 193.80%. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. will post -5.18 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of equities analysts recently commented on RARE shares. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical from $75.00 to $88.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, December 20th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $118.00 price objective on shares of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. HC Wainwright reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $95.00 price objective on shares of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $77.00 price objective on shares of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on shares of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical from $105.00 to $102.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $93.50.
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Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Company Profile
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the identification, acquisition, development, and commercialization of novel products for the treatment of rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases in North America, Latin America, Japan, Europe, and internationally. Its biologic products include Crysvita (burosumab), an antibody targeting fibroblast growth factor 23 for the treatment of X-linked hypophosphatemia, as well as tumor-induced osteomalacia; Mepsevii, an enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment of children and adults with Mucopolysaccharidosis VII; Dojolvi for treating long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorders; and Evkeeza (evinacumab) for the treatment of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
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