Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:KPTI) Receives Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:KPTIGet Free Report) has been given a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the seven ratings firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have given a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month target price among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $17.1667.

Several brokerages recently weighed in on KPTI. Robert W. Baird decreased their price objective on Karyopharm Therapeutics from $21.00 to $15.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 25th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $16.00 price objective (up from $8.00) on shares of Karyopharm Therapeutics in a report on Monday, April 27th. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Karyopharm Therapeutics in a research report on Tuesday, June 9th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Karyopharm Therapeutics in a research note on Tuesday, July 7th. Finally, HC Wainwright reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Karyopharm Therapeutics in a research note on Thursday, June 18th.

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Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of KPTI. Royal Bank of Canada boosted its position in shares of Karyopharm Therapeutics by 4.1% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 60,399 shares of the company’s stock valued at $336,000 after acquiring an additional 2,399 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Karyopharm Therapeutics during the fourth quarter worth about $74,000. Baird Financial Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of Karyopharm Therapeutics in the second quarter worth approximately $45,000. Hsbc Holdings PLC bought a new position in shares of Karyopharm Therapeutics in the first quarter worth approximately $66,000. Finally, State Street Corp raised its stake in Karyopharm Therapeutics by 27.2% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 58,942 shares of the company’s stock valued at $434,000 after purchasing an additional 12,600 shares in the last quarter. 66.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Karyopharm Therapeutics Trading Up 1.4%

Shares of NASDAQ KPTI opened at $9.51 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $9.18 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $8.25. Karyopharm Therapeutics has a 1-year low of $3.65 and a 1-year high of $10.99. The firm has a market cap of $215.50 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.63 and a beta of 0.80.

Karyopharm Therapeutics (NASDAQ:KPTIGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($1.24) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.45) by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $35.07 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $31.40 million. Analysts forecast that Karyopharm Therapeutics will post -3.24 EPS for the current year.

Karyopharm Therapeutics Company Profile

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Karyopharm Therapeutics (NASDAQ: KPTI) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel first-in-class drugs that target the nuclear export protein XPO1. The company’s lead product, selinexor (marketed as XPOVIO), is an oral selective inhibitor of nuclear export (SINE) compound approved for treatment of multiple myeloma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. In addition to selinexor, Karyopharm’s pipeline includes second-generation SINE compounds and combination studies in solid tumors and hematologic malignancies.

Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, Karyopharm has built a research platform around modulation of nuclear export pathways.

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