Certara, Inc. (NASDAQ:CERT - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Leerink Partnrs reduced their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Certara in a research note issued on Tuesday, July 8th. Leerink Partnrs analyst M. Cherny now expects that the company will earn $0.28 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $0.29. The consensus estimate for Certara's current full-year earnings is $0.28 per share. Leerink Partnrs also issued estimates for Certara's FY2028 earnings at $0.44 EPS.
Certara (NASDAQ:CERT - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 5th. The company reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $106.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $104.44 million. Certara had a negative net margin of 0.67% and a positive return on equity of 5.05%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 9.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.10 EPS.
A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on CERT. Morgan Stanley initiated coverage on shares of Certara in a research report on Thursday, July 3rd. They set an "equal weight" rating and a $16.00 target price on the stock. Barclays upgraded shares of Certara from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and upped their target price for the company from $11.00 to $14.00 in a research report on Thursday, May 8th. JMP Securities restated a "market perform" rating on shares of Certara in a research report on Tuesday, May 6th. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on shares of Certara from $9.00 to $13.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Friday, April 11th. Finally, KeyCorp increased their price target on shares of Certara from $15.00 to $18.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 16th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $15.71.
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Certara Stock Performance
Certara stock opened at $11.50 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 2.78, a quick ratio of 2.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. Certara has a 1 year low of $8.64 and a 1 year high of $16.93. The company has a market cap of $1.87 billion, a PE ratio of -575.00 and a beta of 1.43. The company's 50-day moving average is $11.46 and its two-hundred day moving average is $11.86.
Institutional Trading of Certara
A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of CERT. ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC raised its holdings in Certara by 164.2% during the 4th quarter. ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC now owns 6,213,278 shares of the company's stock worth $66,171,000 after buying an additional 3,861,674 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its holdings in Certara by 864.0% during the 4th quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 3,779,655 shares of the company's stock worth $40,253,000 after buying an additional 3,387,590 shares during the period. Mackenzie Financial Corp acquired a new stake in Certara during the 4th quarter worth approximately $17,852,000. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. raised its holdings in Certara by 63.8% during the 4th quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 3,818,613 shares of the company's stock worth $40,668,000 after buying an additional 1,487,998 shares during the period. Finally, ExodusPoint Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in Certara during the 4th quarter worth approximately $11,542,000. 73.96% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
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Certara, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides software products and technology-enabled services to customers for biosimulation in drug discovery, preclinical and clinical research, regulatory submissions, and market access in the United States and internationally. It offers solutions for model-informed drug development, as well as biosimulation solution used to predict both pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
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