Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH) CFO Sells $257,240.00 in Stock

Guardant Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:GHGet Free Report) CFO Michael Brian Bell sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $128.62, for a total value of $257,240.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 47,509 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,110,607.58. The trade was a 4.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.

Michael Brian Bell also recently made the following trade(s):

  • On Monday, March 16th, Michael Brian Bell sold 3,000 shares of Guardant Health stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $87.04, for a total value of $261,120.00.

Guardant Health Stock Up 0.4%

Guardant Health stock opened at $130.70 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $17.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -38.55 and a beta of 1.61. Guardant Health, Inc. has a 52 week low of $40.35 and a 52 week high of $134.28. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $101.93 and its 200 day moving average price is $101.75.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently commented on the company. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Guardant Health in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on Guardant Health in a report on Friday, June 5th. They set a “buy” rating and a $165.00 target price on the stock. Evercore raised Guardant Health from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $160.00 target price on the stock in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Piper Sandler set a $127.00 target price on Guardant Health in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Guardant Health from $120.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Guardant Health has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $139.80.

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Institutional Trading of Guardant Health

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. V Square Quantitative Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Guardant Health in the fourth quarter worth approximately $27,000. Chesapeake Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Guardant Health in the fourth quarter worth approximately $28,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Guardant Health in the fourth quarter worth approximately $31,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Guardant Health in the fourth quarter worth approximately $35,000. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Guardant Health by 164.7% in the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 352 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 219 shares during the last quarter. 92.60% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Guardant Health Company Profile

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Guardant Health, Inc is a precision oncology company specializing in blood-based cancer diagnostics. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, the company develops non-invasive tests that use circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) to profile genomic alterations in patients with solid tumors. Guardant Health’s mission is to advance cancer care by providing actionable data to clinicians, pharmaceutical partners and researchers worldwide.

The company’s flagship product, Guardant360, is a next-generation sequencing (NGS) assay designed to detect mutations, copy number variations and select fusions in more than 70 cancer-related genes.

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