Brokerages Set Zymeworks Inc. (NASDAQ:ZYME) PT at $41.00

Zymeworks Inc. (NASDAQ:ZYMEGet Free Report) has received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the twelve analysts that are covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, one has assigned a hold recommendation and ten have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $41.00.

A number of research analysts recently commented on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Zymeworks from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, September 3rd. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Zymeworks in a research note on Friday, July 17th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $32.00 price target on shares of Zymeworks in a research report on Wednesday, August 26th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of Zymeworks from $37.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Finally, Truist Financial upped their price target on shares of Zymeworks from $31.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 7th.

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Institutional Investors Weigh In On Zymeworks

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in Zymeworks during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $111,122,000. Rubric Capital Management LP lifted its position in shares of Zymeworks by 21.7% in the first quarter. Rubric Capital Management LP now owns 7,000,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $175,280,000 after purchasing an additional 1,250,000 shares in the last quarter. Perceptive Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Zymeworks by 56.0% in the 4th quarter. Perceptive Advisors LLC now owns 3,261,850 shares of the company’s stock valued at $85,885,000 after acquiring an additional 1,171,187 shares in the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. grew its stake in shares of Zymeworks by 72.0% in the second quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 1,252,027 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,728,000 after buying an additional 524,041 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG acquired a new stake in Zymeworks in the 2nd quarter valued at about $10,383,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.89% of the company’s stock.

Zymeworks Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ ZYME opened at $27.57 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $25.84 and a 200-day simple moving average of $25.40. The company has a market cap of $1.96 billion, a PE ratio of -13.65 and a beta of 1.19. Zymeworks has a 12 month low of $15.81 and a 12 month high of $31.34.

Zymeworks (NASDAQ:ZYMEGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Friday, August 7th. The company reported ($0.62) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.56) by ($0.06). The business had revenue of $3.23 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.54 million. Zymeworks had a negative return on equity of 72.30% and a negative net margin of 405.31%.The business’s quarterly revenue was down 90.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.03 earnings per share. On average, analysts anticipate that Zymeworks will post 1.38 EPS for the current year.

About Zymeworks

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Zymeworks Inc is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing medicines for cancer and other serious diseases. The company uses its proprietary Azymetric and EFECT antibody-engineering platforms to design multifunctional biotherapeutics, including bispecific antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates intended to address complex disease biology.

Zymeworks’ leading product is zanidatamab, a bispecific antibody targeting HER2. In the United States, zanidatamab is marketed as Ziiたhera for previously treated, unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive biliary tract cancer.

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