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Bicycle Therapeutics (NASDAQ:BCYC) Trading 10.1% Higher - Here's What Happened

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Bicycle Therapeutics PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:BCYC - Get Free Report) shares traded up 10.1% on Friday . The company traded as high as $8.85 and last traded at $8.85. 187,289 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 53% from the average session volume of 396,758 shares. The stock had previously closed at $8.04.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

BCYC has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Morgan Stanley set a $17.00 target price on shares of Bicycle Therapeutics and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Monday, May 5th. Barclays cut their price target on shares of Bicycle Therapeutics from $40.00 to $15.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Needham & Company LLC reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $29.00 price target on shares of Bicycle Therapeutics in a research note on Friday, May 2nd. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price target on shares of Bicycle Therapeutics from $32.00 to $25.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Finally, B. Riley cut their price target on shares of Bicycle Therapeutics from $17.00 to $14.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, May 2nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $24.22.

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Bicycle Therapeutics Price Performance

The company has a market cap of $578.20 million, a P/E ratio of -2.66 and a beta of 1.41. The firm's 50-day moving average is $7.96 and its two-hundred day moving average is $9.59.

Bicycle Therapeutics (NASDAQ:BCYC - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The company reported ($0.88) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.86) by ($0.02). Bicycle Therapeutics had a negative return on equity of 25.54% and a negative net margin of 790.07%. The company had revenue of $9.98 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.67 million. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Bicycle Therapeutics PLC Sponsored ADR will post -3.06 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Bicycle Therapeutics by 55.3% in the 1st quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 631,260 shares of the company's stock valued at $5,359,000 after acquiring an additional 224,790 shares during the last quarter. Baker BROS. Advisors LP boosted its holdings in Bicycle Therapeutics by 15.8% during the fourth quarter. Baker BROS. Advisors LP now owns 10,885,357 shares of the company's stock worth $152,395,000 after buying an additional 1,485,397 shares in the last quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC boosted its holdings in Bicycle Therapeutics by 90.3% during the first quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 12,764 shares of the company's stock worth $108,000 after buying an additional 6,057 shares in the last quarter. EntryPoint Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Bicycle Therapeutics during the fourth quarter worth $614,000. Finally, Fcpm Iii Services B.V. boosted its holdings in Bicycle Therapeutics by 47.5% during the fourth quarter. Fcpm Iii Services B.V. now owns 3,452,330 shares of the company's stock worth $48,333,000 after buying an additional 1,112,369 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.15% of the company's stock.

About Bicycle Therapeutics

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Bicycle Therapeutics plc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops a class of medicines for diseases that are underserved by existing therapeutics in the United States and the United Kingdom. Its product pipeline comprising BT8009, a bicycle toxin conjugate (BTC) which is in phase I/II/III clinical trial for the treatment of high nectin-4 expressing tumors; BT5528, a BTC which is in phase I/II clinical trial for the treatment of Ephrin type A receptor 2 expressing tumor; BT7480, a Bicycle TICA molecule which is in phase I/II targeting Nectin-4 and agonizing CD137; and BT7455, a Bicycle TICA molecule targeting Ephrin type A receptor 2 and CD137 and is in preclinical trial.

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