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Velan Capital Investment Management LP Buys 88,800 Shares of Protara Therapeutics, Inc. $TARA

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Key Points

  • Velan Capital Investment Management LP increased its stake in Protara Therapeutics by 5.6%, acquiring an additional 88,800 shares, now owning a total of 1,667,800 shares.
  • Protara Therapeutics received a strong-buy rating from Jones Trading, with a price target set at $21.00, indicating positive sentiment among analysts.
  • The company's stock opened at $3.14 and has a current market cap of $121.15 million, with a 52-week trading range of $1.60 to $10.48.
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Velan Capital Investment Management LP increased its stake in shares of Protara Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:TARA - Free Report) by 5.6% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,667,800 shares of the company's stock after acquiring an additional 88,800 shares during the quarter. Protara Therapeutics comprises approximately 7.3% of Velan Capital Investment Management LP's portfolio, making the stock its 4th largest holding. Velan Capital Investment Management LP owned about 4.32% of Protara Therapeutics worth $7,105,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP acquired a new stake in Protara Therapeutics during the 4th quarter worth $111,000. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in Protara Therapeutics by 53,013.9% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 194,397 shares of the company's stock worth $1,026,000 after acquiring an additional 194,031 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets acquired a new stake in Protara Therapeutics during the 4th quarter worth $802,000. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Protara Therapeutics by 5.6% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 179,593 shares of the company's stock worth $948,000 after acquiring an additional 9,553 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Millennium Management LLC raised its stake in Protara Therapeutics by 2,479.2% during the 4th quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 371,453 shares of the company's stock worth $1,961,000 after acquiring an additional 357,051 shares in the last quarter. 38.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Protara Therapeutics Trading Up 1.7%

Shares of Protara Therapeutics stock traded up $0.06 on Wednesday, reaching $3.23. 76,416 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 318,751. Protara Therapeutics, Inc. has a 1-year low of $1.60 and a 1-year high of $10.48. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $3.11 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $3.48. The firm has a market capitalization of $124.42 million, a PE ratio of -1.99 and a beta of 1.52.

Protara Therapeutics (NASDAQ:TARA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 11th. The company reported ($0.35) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.43) by $0.08. Research analysts expect that Protara Therapeutics, Inc. will post -3.32 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Jones Trading raised shares of Protara Therapeutics to a "strong-buy" rating and set a $21.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and five have issued a Buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $19.60.

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Protara Therapeutics Profile

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Protara Therapeutics, Inc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in advancing transformative therapies for the treatment of cancer and rare diseases. The company's lead program is TARA-002, an investigational cell therapy, which is in Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer and lymphatic malformations.

Further Reading

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