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Avalo Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AVTX) Releases Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.49 EPS

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Key Points

  • Avalo Therapeutics reported a significantly wider loss of ($1.92) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' estimates by $0.49.
  • Despite the earnings miss, Avalo's stock rose 6.9% to $8.93, following a trading volume that exceeded its average.
  • HC Wainwright upgraded Avalo Therapeutics from a "hold" to a "buy" rating, with a target price of $15.00, amid positive analyst sentiment.
  • MarketBeat previews top five stocks to own in October.

Avalo Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AVTX - Get Free Report) posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported ($1.92) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($1.43) by ($0.49), Zacks reports.

Avalo Therapeutics Stock Performance

AVTX stock traded down $0.12 during trading on Thursday, reaching $8.95. The stock had a trading volume of 944,343 shares, compared to its average volume of 321,195. Avalo Therapeutics has a 1-year low of $3.39 and a 1-year high of $16.00. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $5.97 and a 200 day moving average price of $6.06.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Avalo Therapeutics

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Avalo Therapeutics stock. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Avalo Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVTX - Free Report) by 2.5% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 110,460 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 2,648 shares during the quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC owned approximately 1.02% of Avalo Therapeutics worth $552,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. 87.06% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, HC Wainwright upgraded shares of Avalo Therapeutics from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $15.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Monday, June 2nd. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $30.00.

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About Avalo Therapeutics

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Avalo Therapeutics, Inc, a clinical stage biotechnology company, focuses on the development of therapies for the treatment of immune dysregulation in the Unites States. The company's drug candidates include AVTX-009, an Anti-IL-1ß monoclonal antibody which is under Phase I targeting inflammatory diseases; and AVTX-008, a fully human B and T lymphocyte attenuator agonist fusion protein for the treatment of immune dysregulation disorders.

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