Oculis (NASDAQ:OCS) Stock Price Down 9.6% After Analyst Downgrade

Oculis Holding AG (NASDAQ:OCSGet Free Report)’s stock price fell 9.6% on Thursday after JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on the stock from $42.00 to $23.00. JPMorgan Chase & Co. currently has an overweight rating on the stock. Oculis traded as low as $12.06 and last traded at $11.8770. 241,820 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 49% from the average session volume of 476,665 shares. The stock had previously closed at $13.14.

OCS has been the subject of several other reports. Needham & Company LLC cut their target price on shares of Oculis from $46.00 to $38.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Oculis in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on Oculis from $50.00 to $40.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday. Wall Street Zen lowered Oculis from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, March 7th. Finally, Guggenheim decreased their target price on Oculis from $75.00 to $45.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Oculis currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $38.33.

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Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Gildi lifeyrissjodur purchased a new position in shares of Oculis during the 4th quarter valued at $50,250,000. Aberdeen Group plc raised its holdings in shares of Oculis by 39.4% during the fourth quarter. Aberdeen Group plc now owns 1,746,946 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,887,000 after acquiring an additional 493,827 shares in the last quarter. Perceptive Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Oculis during the fourth quarter worth $9,862,000. SR One Capital Management LP boosted its position in Oculis by 98.8% during the fourth quarter. SR One Capital Management LP now owns 641,022 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,801,000 after purchasing an additional 318,522 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. grew its stake in Oculis by 152.3% in the fourth quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 331,332 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,617,000 after purchasing an additional 200,000 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 22.30% of the company’s stock.

Oculis Stock Performance

The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $26.98 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $25.09. The company has a current ratio of 5.18, a quick ratio of 5.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The company has a market capitalization of $679.58 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.55 and a beta of 0.23.

Oculis (NASDAQ:OCSGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May 8th. The company reported ($0.63) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.49) by ($0.14). Oculis had a negative net margin of 8,460.67% and a negative return on equity of 56.78%. The firm had revenue of $0.26 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $0.25 million. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Oculis Holding AG will post -2.23 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Oculis Company Profile

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Oculis SA (NASDAQ: OCS) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel ophthalmic therapies designed primarily to treat retinal and neuro-ophthalmic diseases. Leveraging its proprietary technology platforms, Oculis aims to deliver therapeutic agents to the back of the eye through topical or nasal administration, potentially offering an alternative to current intravitreal injections. The company’s pipeline includes OCS-01, a topical dexamethasone formulation targeting diabetic macular edema; OCS-05, a neuroprotective candidate for acute optic neuritis and idiopathic intracranial hypertension; and OC-02, a nasal spray formulation of varenicline for dry eye disease.

Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Oculis operates research and development facilities across Europe and in the United States, with a presence in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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