Apogee Therapeutics (NASDAQ:APGE) Price Target Raised to $128.00

Apogee Therapeutics (NASDAQ:APGEFree Report) had its price target hoisted by BTIG Research from $115.00 to $128.00 in a research note released on Monday, Marketbeat.com reports. The firm currently has a buy rating on the stock.

A number of other analysts have also weighed in on APGE. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Apogee Therapeutics in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft assumed coverage on Apogee Therapeutics in a research note on Tuesday, December 9th. They set a “buy” rating and a $103.00 target price on the stock. Mizuho initiated coverage on Apogee Therapeutics in a research note on Tuesday, October 21st. They set an “outperform” rating and a $105.00 price target for the company. Craig Hallum began coverage on Apogee Therapeutics in a report on Monday, November 3rd. They set a “buy” rating and a $109.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price objective on Apogee Therapeutics from $60.00 to $70.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have assigned a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Apogee Therapeutics presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $104.27.

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Apogee Therapeutics Stock Up 0.9%

NASDAQ APGE opened at $78.95 on Monday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $70.03 and a two-hundred day moving average of $51.41. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -18.03 and a beta of 1.41. Apogee Therapeutics has a 52 week low of $26.20 and a 52 week high of $80.99.

Apogee Therapeutics (NASDAQ:APGEGet Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The company reported ($1.11) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($1.14) by $0.03. Equities research analysts anticipate that Apogee Therapeutics will post -3.09 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Carl Dambkowski sold 10,900 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.00, for a total value of $817,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 271,108 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,333,100. This represents a 3.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Michael Thomas Henderson sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.38, for a total value of $1,507,600.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 1,212,987 shares in the company, valued at $91,434,960.06. The trade was a 1.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 101,685 shares of company stock valued at $7,179,630 in the last quarter. 42.77% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Apogee Therapeutics

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in shares of Apogee Therapeutics by 57.9% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,137,731 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,202,000 after acquiring an additional 417,161 shares in the last quarter. Verition Fund Management LLC purchased a new position in Apogee Therapeutics during the 3rd quarter valued at about $1,968,000. Vestal Point Capital LP bought a new stake in shares of Apogee Therapeutics in the 3rd quarter valued at about $16,885,000. Polar Capital Holdings Plc raised its holdings in shares of Apogee Therapeutics by 5.9% in the 3rd quarter. Polar Capital Holdings Plc now owns 524,094 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,822,000 after purchasing an additional 29,094 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Prelude Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Apogee Therapeutics in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,043,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.04% of the company’s stock.

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Apogee Therapeutics Company Profile

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Apogee Therapeutics, Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics that selectively target the nuclear receptor RORγt, a master regulator of T cell-driven inflammatory pathways. By modulating RORγt activity, Apogee aims to offer an oral treatment option for patients with autoimmune and inflammatory skin disorders.

The company’s lead candidate, APG-157, is an oral RORγt inverse agonist currently undergoing early-stage clinical evaluation for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

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