Shares of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ:BMRN – Get Rating) have been assigned a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from the seventeen brokerages that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12-month target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $113.67.
A number of research firms recently weighed in on BMRN. Evercore ISI upped their price target on BioMarin Pharmaceutical to $130.00 in a report on Friday, December 2nd. Credit Suisse Group reduced their target price on BioMarin Pharmaceutical from $111.00 to $110.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 27th. TheStreet raised BioMarin Pharmaceutical from a "c" rating to a "b-" rating in a report on Thursday, October 27th. StockNews.com started coverage on BioMarin Pharmaceutical in a report on Wednesday, October 12th. They set a "buy" rating for the company. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald upped their price target on BioMarin Pharmaceutical from $110.00 to $115.00 in a research report on Wednesday, October 12th.
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In other BioMarin Pharmaceutical news, CEO Jean Jacques Bienaime sold 1,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $106.89, for a total value of $106,890.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 320,424 shares in the company, valued at $34,250,121.36. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. In other BioMarin Pharmaceutical news, CEO Jean Jacques Bienaime sold 1,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $106.89, for a total value of $106,890.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 320,424 shares in the company, valued at $34,250,121.36. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Brian Mueller sold 7,001 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $104.50, for a total value of $731,604.50. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 27,746 shares in the company, valued at $2,899,457. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 25,880 shares of company stock worth $2,542,028. 1.75% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
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Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Altshuler Shaham Ltd purchased a new stake in BioMarin Pharmaceutical in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Quadrant Capital Group LLC boosted its holdings in BioMarin Pharmaceutical by 188.6% in the 2nd quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 355 shares of the biotechnology company's stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 232 shares in the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC boosted its position in shares of BioMarin Pharmaceutical by 395.4% during the 1st quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 431 shares of the biotechnology company's stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 344 shares in the last quarter. Capital Wealth Alliance LLC acquired a new position in shares of BioMarin Pharmaceutical during the 2nd quarter worth $34,000. Finally, First Horizon Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in shares of BioMarin Pharmaceutical by 1,014.6% in the 2nd quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 535 shares of the biotechnology company's stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 487 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.26% of the company's stock.BioMarin Pharmaceutical Price Performance
Shares of BioMarin Pharmaceutical stock opened at $104.34 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $19.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 248.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 0.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a quick ratio of 3.54 and a current ratio of 5.15. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $94.35 and a 200-day moving average price of $89.68. BioMarin Pharmaceutical has a one year low of $70.73 and a one year high of $109.56.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:BMRN – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 26th. The biotechnology company reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.12 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $505.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $516.03 million. BioMarin Pharmaceutical had a return on equity of 2.50% and a net margin of 4.18%. The business's revenue was up 23.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted ($0.03) EPS. Equities analysts expect that BioMarin Pharmaceutical will post 0.87 EPS for the current year.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Company Profile
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BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc develops and commercializes therapies for people with serious and life-threatening rare diseases and medical conditions. Its commercial products include Vimizim, an enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) IV type A, a lysosomal storage disorder; Naglazyme, a recombinant form of N-acetylgalactosamine 4-sulfatase for patients with MPS VI; and Kuvan, a proprietary synthetic oral form of 6R-BH4 that is used to treat patients with phenylketonuria (PKU), an inherited metabolic disease.
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