Vigil Neuroscience, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIGL – Get Rating) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totalling 395,000 shares, a growth of 29.5% from the December 15th total of 305,100 shares. Approximately 3.0% of the company's stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 38,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 10.4 days.
Institutional Trading of Vigil Neuroscience
Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. BVF Inc. IL acquired a new stake in Vigil Neuroscience in the third quarter worth $16,504,000. Rock Springs Capital Management LP bought a new stake in Vigil Neuroscience in the 1st quarter valued at about $3,318,000. Vanguard Group Inc. acquired a new position in Vigil Neuroscience during the 1st quarter valued at about $2,708,000. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new position in Vigil Neuroscience during the 1st quarter valued at about $2,135,000. Finally, Laurion Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of Vigil Neuroscience in the second quarter valued at approximately $336,000. Institutional investors own 88.91% of the company's stock.
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VIGL traded down $0.02 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $11.76. 1,556 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 23,566. The stock has a market cap of $418.43 million and a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.18. Vigil Neuroscience has a 12 month low of $2.18 and a 12 month high of $18.27. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $11.78 and a 200-day simple moving average of $10.00.
Vigil Neuroscience (NASDAQ:VIGL – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 10th. The company reported ($0.53) earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.59) by $0.06. Sell-side analysts expect that Vigil Neuroscience will post -2.25 EPS for the current year.Analyst Ratings Changes
Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Guggenheim dropped their price target on shares of Vigil Neuroscience from $22.00 to $19.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, November 11th. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on Vigil Neuroscience from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Monday, November 14th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Vigil Neuroscience currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $19.67.
About Vigil Neuroscience
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Vigil Neuroscience, Inc, a microglia-focused company, engages in the development of disease-modifying therapeutics for patients, caregivers, and families affected by rare and common neurodegenerative diseases. Its lead product candidate is VGL101, a fully human monoclonal antibody (mAb) that is designed to activate triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) which is in Phase I for the treatment of adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia, as well as for the treatment of cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy and alzheimer's disease.
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