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Gossamer Bio (NASDAQ:GOSS) Shares Gap Up - Time to Buy?

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Key Points

  • Gossamer Bio's stock opened at $2.99, after previously closing at $2.77, and last traded at $3.04 with significant trading volume of 4,192,385 shares.
  • Analysts have mixed ratings for Gossamer Bio, with Scotiabank giving it a "sector outperform" rating with a target price of $11.00, while Wall Street Zen downgraded it to a "sell" rating.
  • The company reported earnings of ($0.17) EPS, beating expectations, and generated revenue of $11.49 million in the latest quarter, indicating strong performance relative to analyst estimates.
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Gossamer Bio, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOSS - Get Free Report)'s stock price gapped up before the market opened on Wednesday . The stock had previously closed at $2.77, but opened at $2.99. Gossamer Bio shares last traded at $3.04, with a volume of 4,192,385 shares traded.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on GOSS shares. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Gossamer Bio from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an "overweight" rating on shares of Gossamer Bio in a report on Thursday. Wedbush raised their price objective on shares of Gossamer Bio from $4.00 to $5.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, August 6th. Finally, Scotiabank started coverage on shares of Gossamer Bio in a report on Monday, July 14th. They set a "sector outperform" rating and a $11.00 price objective for the company. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $8.50.

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Gossamer Bio Stock Down 8.1%

The stock has a market capitalization of $723.07 million, a P/E ratio of -5.13 and a beta of 1.95. The firm's fifty day moving average is $2.08 and its 200-day moving average is $1.46. The company has a current ratio of 4.40, a quick ratio of 4.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.70.

Gossamer Bio (NASDAQ:GOSS - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The company reported ($0.17) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.18) by $0.01. Gossamer Bio had a negative net margin of 344.81% and a negative return on equity of 1,774.72%. The firm had revenue of $11.49 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.12 million. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Gossamer Bio, Inc. will post -0.28 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Gossamer Bio

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. State of Wyoming acquired a new stake in Gossamer Bio in the 2nd quarter valued at about $129,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its position in Gossamer Bio by 8.9% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 3,693,683 shares of the company's stock valued at $4,543,000 after acquiring an additional 302,200 shares in the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC increased its position in Gossamer Bio by 53.9% in the 2nd quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 67,362 shares of the company's stock valued at $82,000 after acquiring an additional 23,601 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in Gossamer Bio in the 2nd quarter valued at about $534,000. Finally, Banco BTG Pactual S.A. acquired a new stake in Gossamer Bio in the 2nd quarter valued at about $27,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 81.23% of the company's stock.

Gossamer Bio Company Profile

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Gossamer Bio, Inc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing and commercializing seralutinib for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the United States. The company is developing GB002, an inhaled, small molecule, platelet-derived growth factor receptor, or PDGFR, colony-stimulatin factor 1 receptor and c-KIT inhibitor, which is in Phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of PAH.

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