Aura Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:AURA – Get Rating) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest during the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totalling 688,300 shares, a growth of 38.7% from the December 15th total of 496,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 95,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.2 days. Currently, 3.9% of the company's shares are short sold.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, JMP Securities increased their price target on shares of Aura Biosciences from $26.00 to $30.00 and gave the company a "market outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, November 11th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Julie B. Feder sold 2,015 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $12.45, for a total transaction of $25,086.75. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 24,235 shares of the company's stock, valued at $301,725.75. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. In related news, Director David Michael Johnson acquired 10,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 1st. The stock was acquired at an average price of $12.37 per share, for a total transaction of $123,700.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now owns 15,000 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $185,550. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Julie B. Feder sold 2,015 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $12.45, for a total value of $25,086.75. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 24,235 shares in the company, valued at approximately $301,725.75. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders bought 1,264,396 shares of company stock valued at $15,166,660 and sold 4,802 shares valued at $59,796. Company insiders own 5.00% of the company's stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Aura Biosciences

Aura Biosciences Trading Down 3.6 %

AURA traded down $0.38 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $10.07. The stock had a trading volume of 1,355 shares, compared to its average volume of 106,229. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $12.05 and its 200-day simple moving average is $13.63. Aura Biosciences has a 1-year low of $9.43 and a 1-year high of $24.83.

Aura Biosciences (NASDAQ:AURA – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 10th. The company reported ($0.53) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.52) by ($0.01). Equities research analysts anticipate that Aura Biosciences will post -2.02 EPS for the current year.

Aura Biosciences Company Profile

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Aura Biosciences, Inc operates as a biotechnology company that develops therapies to treat cancer. The company develops virus-like drug conjugates (VDC) technology platform for the treat tumors of high unmet need in ocular and urologic oncology. It develops AU-011, a VDC candidate for the treatment of primary choroidal melanoma.

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