Summit Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SMMT) CEO Robert Duggan Buys 100,000 Shares of Stock

Summit Therapeutics PLC (NASDAQ:SMMTGet Free Report) CEO Robert Duggan acquired 100,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 4th. The stock was bought at an average price of $14.60 per share, with a total value of $1,460,000.00. Following the acquisition, the chief executive officer directly owned 25,824,474 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $377,037,320.40. The trade was a 0.39% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

Summit Therapeutics Trading Down 1.5%

NASDAQ SMMT opened at $14.84 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $19.02 and a 200 day simple moving average of $17.47. The company has a market capitalization of $11.52 billion, a PE ratio of -9.28 and a beta of -1.32. Summit Therapeutics PLC has a 12 month low of $13.83 and a 12 month high of $30.98.

Summit Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SMMTGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May 1st. The company reported ($0.24) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.27) by $0.03. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Summit Therapeutics PLC will post -1.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have issued reports on the company. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Summit Therapeutics in a research note on Monday. Sanford C. Bernstein assumed coverage on Summit Therapeutics in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. They issued an “underperform” rating and a $7.70 target price for the company. Jefferies Financial Group cut Summit Therapeutics from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and decreased their target price for the company from $42.00 to $15.00 in a research note on Monday, March 16th. HC Wainwright cut Summit Therapeutics from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. Finally, Citigroup assumed coverage on Summit Therapeutics in a research note on Wednesday, April 8th. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have given a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $26.05.

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Institutional Trading of Summit Therapeutics

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of SMMT. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Summit Therapeutics by 5.0% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 65,623 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,266,000 after purchasing an additional 3,134 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Summit Therapeutics by 1.1% in the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 65,411 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,273,000 after purchasing an additional 694 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning lifted its holdings in shares of Summit Therapeutics by 6.7% in the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 21,390 shares of the company’s stock valued at $455,000 after purchasing an additional 1,336 shares in the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc lifted its holdings in shares of Summit Therapeutics by 33.8% in the second quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 26,367 shares of the company’s stock valued at $561,000 after purchasing an additional 6,662 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Quantbot Technologies LP bought a new stake in shares of Summit Therapeutics in the second quarter valued at about $132,000. 4.61% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Summit Therapeutics

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Summit Therapeutics plc is a clinical‐stage biotechnology company dedicated to the discovery and development of precision medicines for serious and life‐threatening diseases. The company applies a targeted approach to drug design, focusing on novel mechanisms of action that differentiate its candidates from existing therapies.

Summit’s lead asset, ridinilazole (formerly SMT19969), is being developed to treat Clostridioides difficile infections and has received both Fast Track and Qualified Infectious Disease Product designations from the U.S.

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