IDEAYA Biosciences (NASDAQ:IDYA) CEO Yujiro Hata Sells 26,338 Shares of Stock

IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDYA – Get Free Report) CEO Yujiro Hata sold 26,338 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $37.41, for a total value of $985,304.58. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 690,695 shares in the company, valued at $25,838,899.95. The trade was a 3.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link.

IDEAYA Biosciences Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of NASDAQ IDYA opened at $36.06 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.17 billion, a PE ratio of -18.59 and a beta of -0.04. IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. has a one year low of $26.05 and a one year high of $42.68. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $38.13 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $34.29.

IDEAYA Biosciences (NASDAQ:IDYA – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported ($1.22) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.06) by ($0.16). IDEAYA Biosciences had a negative return on equity of 16.73% and a negative net margin of 75.93%.The company had revenue of $8.86 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.02 million. During the same period last year, the company earned ($0.88) earnings per share. IDEAYA Biosciences’s revenue for the quarter was up 8800.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts anticipate that IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. will post -4.38 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Versant Capital Management Inc lifted its position in shares of IDEAYA Biosciences by 26.7% in the second quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 2,825 shares of the company’s stock worth $105,000 after buying an additional 596 shares during the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC increased its holdings in shares of IDEAYA Biosciences by 3.9% during the 1st quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 19,258 shares of the company’s stock valued at $645,000 after acquiring an additional 725 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in shares of IDEAYA Biosciences by 79.0% during the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,315 shares of the company’s stock valued at $89,000 after acquiring an additional 1,022 shares during the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP bought a new position in shares of IDEAYA Biosciences in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $43,000. Finally, Nykredit A S bought a new position in shares of IDEAYA Biosciences in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $76,000. Institutional investors own 98.29% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently commented on IDYA shares. Citigroup restated a “market outperform” rating on shares of IDEAYA Biosciences in a report on Tuesday, September 1st. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of IDEAYA Biosciences in a report on Tuesday, September 22nd. Wall Street Zen cut IDEAYA Biosciences from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 15th. Truist Financial lowered their target price on IDEAYA Biosciences from $63.00 to $59.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, Wedbush raised their price target on IDEAYA Biosciences from $58.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Thirteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, IDEAYA Biosciences presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $52.69.

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IDEAYA Biosciences Company Profile

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IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing precision medicines for cancer. The company uses insights from tumor biology, cancer genetics and synthetic lethality to identify treatments designed to target specific molecular alterations in tumors.

Its development pipeline includes darovasertib, an investigational protein kinase C inhibitor being studied primarily in genetically defined cancers, including GNAQ- or GNA11-mutated uveal melanoma.

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