Shares of Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATRA – Get Rating) have received a consensus rating of "Hold" from the eight research firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have issued a hold recommendation and two have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $18.71.

ATRA has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price objective on Atara Biotherapeutics from $4.00 to $3.00 and set a "sell" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, August 9th. Mizuho decreased their price objective on Atara Biotherapeutics from $39.00 to $31.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, August 16th. Finally, StockNews.com started coverage on Atara Biotherapeutics in a report on Wednesday, October 12th. They set a "hold" rating on the stock.

Atara Biotherapeutics Stock Performance

ATRA stock opened at $4.65 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $441.19 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.88 and a beta of 1.00. Atara Biotherapeutics has a fifty-two week low of $2.83 and a fifty-two week high of $18.31. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $4.30 and a 200-day moving average of $4.74.

Insider Transactions at Atara Biotherapeutics

Institutional Trading of Atara Biotherapeutics

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of ATRA. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. bought a new stake in Atara Biotherapeutics during the first quarter valued at about $112,000. New York State Common Retirement Fund boosted its stake in shares of Atara Biotherapeutics by 11.5% in the first quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 64,445 shares of the biotechnology company's stock worth $599,000 after acquiring an additional 6,664 shares during the period. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd bought a new position in shares of Atara Biotherapeutics in the first quarter worth about $220,000. Teacher Retirement System of Texas boosted its stake in shares of Atara Biotherapeutics by 12.6% in the first quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 15,447 shares of the biotechnology company's stock worth $144,000 after acquiring an additional 1,728 shares during the period. Finally, Swiss National Bank boosted its stake in shares of Atara Biotherapeutics by 12.5% in the first quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 177,700 shares of the biotechnology company's stock worth $1,651,000 after acquiring an additional 19,800 shares during the period.

About Atara Biotherapeutics

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Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc is an allogeneic T-cell immunotherapy company, which pioneers the development of transformative therapies for patients with serious diseases including solid tumors, hematologic cancers, and autoimmune diseases. also delivers off-the-shelf treatments to patients with high unmet medical need.

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