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CareDx (NASDAQ:CDNA) Stock Passes Above 50-Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

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CareDx, Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNA - Get Free Report)'s share price passed above its 50-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 50-day moving average of $18.09 and traded as high as $20.44. CareDx shares last traded at $20.02, with a volume of 936,620 shares changing hands.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have issued reports on CDNA. Wall Street Zen cut shares of CareDx from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, May 5th. Stephens reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and issued a $40.00 target price on shares of CareDx in a report on Monday, May 5th. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price target on CareDx from $34.00 to $26.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 17th. Finally, HC Wainwright restated a "neutral" rating and issued a $25.00 price target on shares of CareDx in a research report on Monday, May 5th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, CareDx has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $30.33.

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CareDx Trading Down 0.5%

The stock's 50 day moving average price is $18.09 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $19.68. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.11 billion, a PE ratio of 17.41 and a beta of 2.19.

CareDx (NASDAQ:CDNA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 30th. The company reported $0.09 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.06 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $84.69 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $84.56 million. CareDx had a return on equity of 21.16% and a net margin of 19.79%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 17.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted ($0.03) EPS. Analysts expect that CareDx, Inc. will post -0.9 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Hannah Valantine sold 10,570 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $19.16, for a total transaction of $202,521.20. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 38,994 shares of the company's stock, valued at $747,125.04. The trade was a 21.33% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Christine Cournoyer sold 29,136 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, May 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.96, for a total transaction of $465,010.56. Following the sale, the director directly owned 37,045 shares of the company's stock, valued at $591,238.20. This represents a 44.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 139,078 shares of company stock valued at $2,419,915 over the last quarter. Insiders own 4.40% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of CareDx

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of CDNA. Sterling Capital Management LLC boosted its position in CareDx by 771.2% during the 4th quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC now owns 1,272 shares of the company's stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 1,126 shares during the period. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC boosted its holdings in CareDx by 553.7% in the 4th quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 3,922 shares of the company's stock worth $84,000 after acquiring an additional 3,322 shares during the period. State of Wyoming purchased a new position in CareDx in the 4th quarter worth approximately $91,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its holdings in CareDx by 20,200.0% in the 1st quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 4,466 shares of the company's stock worth $79,000 after acquiring an additional 4,444 shares during the period. Finally, Morse Asset Management Inc purchased a new position in CareDx in the 1st quarter worth approximately $103,000.

CareDx Company Profile

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CareDx, Inc engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of diagnostic solutions for transplant patients and caregivers in the United States and internationally. It also provides AlloSure Kidney, a donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) solution for kidney transplant patients; AlloMap Heart, a gene expression solution for heart transplant patients; AlloSure Heart, a dd-cfDNA solution for heart transplant patients; and AlloSure Lung, a dd-cfDNA solution for lung transplant patients.

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