CONMED (NYSE:CNMD - Get Free Report) had its target price dropped by research analysts at Piper Sandler from $80.00 to $68.00 in a research note issued to investors on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The firm presently has an "overweight" rating on the stock. Piper Sandler's price target would indicate a potential upside of 33.64% from the stock's current price.
A number of other equities analysts have also commented on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus lowered shares of CONMED from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from $75.00 to $55.00 in a research note on Monday, April 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on shares of CONMED from $70.00 to $58.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Needham & Company LLC downgraded shares of CONMED from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $61.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Thursday, June 12th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of CONMED from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 6th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on shares of CONMED from $70.00 to $57.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, CONMED has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $59.80.
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CONMED Stock Performance
CNMD traded up $0.74 on Thursday, hitting $50.88. 121,483 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 469,184. The firm has a market cap of $1.57 billion, a PE ratio of 13.40, a P/E/G ratio of 1.29 and a beta of 1.20. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $53.19 and a two-hundred day moving average of $57.77. The company has a current ratio of 2.26, a quick ratio of 1.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.91. CONMED has a twelve month low of $46.00 and a twelve month high of $78.19.
CONMED (NYSE:CNMD - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $1.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $342.35 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $338.42 million. CONMED had a net margin of 9.02% and a return on equity of 14.36%. The business's revenue was up 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.98 earnings per share. On average, research analysts anticipate that CONMED will post 4.35 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Insider Activity
In related news, Director Charles Farkas sold 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $56.94, for a total value of $227,760.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 16,346 shares in the company, valued at $930,741.24. This represents a 19.66% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders own 3.10% of the company's stock.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On CONMED
Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS acquired a new stake in shares of CONMED during the 4th quarter worth about $432,000. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of CONMED by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,574,420 shares of the company's stock valued at $244,633,000 after buying an additional 44,777 shares in the last quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. raised its position in shares of CONMED by 38.3% in the 4th quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 45,972 shares of the company's stock valued at $3,321,000 after buying an additional 12,722 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. raised its position in shares of CONMED by 11.8% in the 4th quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 91,716 shares of the company's stock valued at $6,277,000 after buying an additional 9,647 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Trexquant Investment LP acquired a new position in shares of CONMED in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $2,645,000.
CONMED Company Profile
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CONMED Corporation, a medical technology company, develops, manufactures, and sells surgical devices and related equipment for surgical procedures worldwide. The company offers orthopedic surgery products, including BioBrace, TruShot with Y-Knot All-In-One Soft Tissue Fixation System, Y-knot All-Suture Anchors, and Agro Knotless Suture Anchors, which provide clinical solutions to orthopedic surgeons for the augmentation and repair of soft tissue injuries, as well as provides supporting products that enable surgeons to perform minimally invasive sports medicine surgeries.
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