Veracyte (NASDAQ:VCYT) Director Jens Holstein Sells 5,000 Shares

Veracyte, Inc. (NASDAQ:VCYTGet Free Report) Director Jens Holstein sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $40.95, for a total transaction of $204,750.00. Following the sale, the director owned 27,471 shares in the company, valued at $1,124,937.45. The trade was a 15.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Veracyte Trading Down 4.1%

Shares of Veracyte stock opened at $38.50 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $3.10 billion, a PE ratio of 27.31 and a beta of 1.93. The company has a 50 day moving average of $48.01 and a 200-day moving average of $43.46. Veracyte, Inc. has a 1-year low of $29.45 and a 1-year high of $60.91.

Veracyte (NASDAQ:VCYTGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 30th. The biotechnology company reported $0.54 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $150.32 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $144.59 million. Veracyte had a net margin of 20.37% and a return on equity of 9.26%. The company’s revenue was up 15.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.44 earnings per share. Research analysts forecast that Veracyte, Inc. will post 1.32 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently weighed in on VCYT. Guggenheim raised their price objective on Veracyte from $45.00 to $65.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, June 29th. Piper Sandler lowered their target price on Veracyte from $66.00 to $54.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, August 4th. Stephens reduced their price target on shares of Veracyte from $68.00 to $55.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, August 4th. Zacks Research raised shares of Veracyte from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of Veracyte from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 9th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $55.78.

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Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC acquired a new stake in Veracyte during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $44,000. Allworth Financial LP acquired a new position in shares of Veracyte during the second quarter worth $50,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. bought a new stake in shares of Veracyte in the second quarter worth $62,000. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in shares of Veracyte by 21.2% in the second quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,121 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock worth $66,000 after purchasing an additional 196 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Leonteq Securities AG bought a new position in Veracyte during the 4th quarter worth $61,000.

About Veracyte

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Veracyte, Inc is a diagnostics company that develops and commercializes genomic tests designed to help physicians diagnose cancer, assess disease risk and guide treatment decisions. The company combines genomic data with bioinformatics and machine-learning technologies to provide clinically actionable information from patient tissue samples.

Veracyte’s portfolio includes Afirma tests for evaluating thyroid nodules, Decipher tests for assessing the risk and biological characteristics of prostate cancer, and Prosigna for classifying and evaluating recurrence risk in certain breast cancers.

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