Profund Advisors LLC Buys 61,966 Shares of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $BCRX

Profund Advisors LLC lifted its stake in BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCRXFree Report) by 77.4% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 141,985 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock after buying an additional 61,966 shares during the period. Profund Advisors LLC’s holdings in BioCryst Pharmaceuticals were worth $1,107,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Royal Bank of Canada boosted its stake in shares of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals by 2.4% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 63,463 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock valued at $476,000 after buying an additional 1,458 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its stake in shares of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals by 7.4% in the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 22,105 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock valued at $198,000 after buying an additional 1,527 shares during the period. Counterweight Ventures LLC boosted its stake in shares of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals by 2.1% in the fourth quarter. Counterweight Ventures LLC now owns 95,384 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock valued at $744,000 after buying an additional 2,000 shares during the period. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals by 26.1% in the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 10,231 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock valued at $80,000 after buying an additional 2,115 shares during the period. Finally, Creative Planning lifted its stake in BioCryst Pharmaceuticals by 2.6% during the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 88,477 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock worth $672,000 after purchasing an additional 2,280 shares during the last quarter. 85.88% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at BioCryst Pharmaceuticals

In other news, insider Alane P. Barnes sold 150,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $9.15, for a total value of $1,372,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 400,703 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,666,432.45. This represents a 27.24% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 5.10% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

BCRX has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Evercore initiated coverage on BioCryst Pharmaceuticals in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $17.00 target price for the company. Wall Street Zen cut BioCryst Pharmaceuticals from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 9th. Weiss Ratings upgraded BioCryst Pharmaceuticals from a “sell (d-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 4th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their target price on BioCryst Pharmaceuticals from $14.00 to $13.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC cut their target price on BioCryst Pharmaceuticals from $18.00 to $16.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $20.70.

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BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Price Performance

NASDAQ BCRX opened at $8.37 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $9.17 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $7.95. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $6.00 and a fifty-two week high of $11.31. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.13 billion, a PE ratio of -4.70 and a beta of 0.57.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:BCRXGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The biotechnology company reported ($2.98) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.06 by ($3.04). BioCryst Pharmaceuticals had a negative net margin of 51.71% and a negative return on equity of 76.36%. The firm had revenue of $156.41 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $151.12 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.20 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 7.5% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. will post -2.66 earnings per share for the current year.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Profile

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BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc is a clinical‐stage biotechnology company headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, that focuses on the discovery and development of novel, oral small‐molecule medicines for rare and serious diseases. Since its founding in 1986, the company has leveraged structure‐based drug design to advance a pipeline of targeted therapeutics designed to address underlying disease mechanisms rather than just treat symptoms.

The company’s first commercial product, Orladeyo (berotralstat), is an oral kallikrein inhibitor approved for the prophylactic treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE) in both the United States and Europe.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:BCRX)

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