Millennium Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Compugen Ltd. (NASDAQ:CGEN - Free Report) by 77.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 359,397 shares of the biotechnology company's stock after acquiring an additional 156,959 shares during the quarter. Millennium Management LLC owned 0.40% of Compugen worth $550,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Compugen during the 4th quarter worth $32,000. Jane Street Group LLC purchased a new position in Compugen in the fourth quarter valued at about $81,000. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. lifted its position in shares of Compugen by 187.3% during the 4th quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 55,602 shares of the biotechnology company's stock valued at $85,000 after acquiring an additional 36,252 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in Compugen in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $103,000. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP raised its holdings in Compugen by 84.9% during the fourth quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 88,169 shares of the biotechnology company's stock worth $135,000 after purchasing an additional 40,494 shares during the last quarter. 12.22% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Separately, Wall Street Zen lowered Compugen from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 5th.
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Compugen Stock Performance
NASDAQ:CGEN traded down $0.08 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $1.66. 286,070 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 373,035. The company has a market cap of $148.13 million, a PE ratio of 83.00 and a beta of 2.54. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $1.44 and its 200 day simple moving average is $1.69. Compugen Ltd. has a 1 year low of $1.13 and a 1 year high of $2.66.
Compugen (NASDAQ:CGEN - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 19th. The biotechnology company reported ($0.08) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.06) by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $2.28 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.70 million. Compugen had a return on equity of 2.62% and a net margin of 2.67%. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned ($0.08) EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Compugen Ltd. will post -0.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Compugen Profile
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Compugen Ltd., a clinical-stage therapeutic discovery and development company, researches, develops, and commercializes therapeutic and product candidates in Israel, the United States, and Europe. The company's immuno-oncology pipeline consists of COM701, an anti-PVRIG antibody that is in Phase I clinical study used for the treatment of solid tumors; COM902, a therapeutic antibody targeting TIGIT, which is in Phase I monotherapy clinical study in patients with advanced malignancies through sequential dose escalations; Bapotulimab, a therapeutic antibody targeting ILDR2 that is in Phase I clinical study in patients with naïve head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; and Rilvegostomig, a novel anti-TIGIT/PD-1 bispecific antibody, which is in Phase II clinical study in patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
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