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Grifols (NASDAQ:GRFS) Stock Crosses Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

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Grifols, S.A. (NASDAQ:GRFS - Get Free Report)'s stock price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of $7.76 and traded as high as $9.87. Grifols shares last traded at $9.72, with a volume of 822,088 shares changing hands.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

GRFS has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Grifols from $7.60 to $10.30 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 17th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Grifols from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Monday, July 7th.

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Grifols Stock Down 0.6%

The firm has a 50-day moving average of $8.67 and a two-hundred day moving average of $7.82. The company has a market capitalization of $6.87 billion, a PE ratio of 8.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.36 and a beta of 0.55. The company has a quick ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 2.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.13.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Grifols

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Versant Capital Management Inc acquired a new stake in shares of Grifols in the first quarter valued at $28,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC lifted its stake in Grifols by 354.1% in the fourth quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 8,124 shares of the biotechnology company's stock worth $60,000 after acquiring an additional 6,335 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP purchased a new position in Grifols in the fourth quarter valued at $75,000. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Grifols in the 4th quarter valued at about $77,000. Finally, Ballentine Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Grifols during the 1st quarter worth about $77,000.

About Grifols

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Grifols, SA operates as a plasma therapeutic company in Spain, the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company provides immunoglobulin to treat immunodeficiencies; albumin used to restore circulatory volume and protein loss in pathophysiological conditions, such as liver cirrhosis, cardiocirculatory failure, trauma and severe burns; alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor, a plasma protein, used to treat a genetic disease known as alpha-1; factorVIII/von Willerbrand factor and factor IX, clotting factors for the treatment of hemophilia A and von Willebrand's disease, as well as hemophilia B; antithrombin III to treat hereditary antithrombin deficiency; Fostamatinib, a spleen tyrosine kinase inhibitor; combination of fibrinogen and enzyme thrombin that acts as a biological sealant to control surgical bleeding; and plasma exchange with albumin used to treat Alzheimer's disease.

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