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Insider Selling: Day One Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:DAWN) CEO Sells 16,058 Shares of Stock

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Key Points

  • Day One Biopharmaceuticals CEO Jeremy Bender sold 16,058 shares at an average price of $6.77, reducing his ownership by 9.05%.
  • The company reported a quarterly earnings of (-$0.29) EPS, surpassing estimates but generating revenue of $33.91 million, below anticipated levels.
  • Analysts have a consensus Buy rating on DAWN with an average price target of $25.29, despite recent target price reductions by several firms.
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Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:DAWN - Get Free Report) CEO Jeremy Bender sold 16,058 shares of Day One Biopharmaceuticals stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $6.77, for a total value of $108,712.66. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 161,365 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,092,441.05. This represents a 9.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

Day One Biopharmaceuticals Stock Performance

Shares of DAWN stock traded up $0.01 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $6.82. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,763,028 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,153,315. The company has a market cap of $698.57 million, a PE ratio of -7.18 and a beta of -1.26. Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. has a 52 week low of $5.64 and a 52 week high of $16.76. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $6.61 and its 200-day simple moving average is $7.71.

Day One Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:DAWN - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 5th. The company reported ($0.29) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.35) by $0.06. The business had revenue of $33.91 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $35.55 million. Day One Biopharmaceuticals had a negative return on equity of 19.01% and a negative net margin of 50.63%. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. will post -0.72 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of DAWN. Hudson Bay Capital Management LP lifted its holdings in Day One Biopharmaceuticals by 12.7% during the second quarter. Hudson Bay Capital Management LP now owns 1,296,700 shares of the company's stock valued at $8,429,000 after purchasing an additional 146,300 shares in the last quarter. Vestal Point Capital LP raised its position in shares of Day One Biopharmaceuticals by 15.5% during the 2nd quarter. Vestal Point Capital LP now owns 3,000,000 shares of the company's stock worth $19,500,000 after buying an additional 401,873 shares in the last quarter. Man Group plc increased its holdings in Day One Biopharmaceuticals by 46.1% in the second quarter. Man Group plc now owns 56,862 shares of the company's stock worth $370,000 after buying an additional 17,950 shares during the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Day One Biopharmaceuticals in the 2nd quarter valued at $89,000. Finally, Bayesian Capital Management LP raised its stake in Day One Biopharmaceuticals by 56.1% during the 2nd quarter. Bayesian Capital Management LP now owns 28,100 shares of the company's stock worth $183,000 after buying an additional 10,100 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 87.95% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

DAWN has been the subject of a number of research reports. Needham & Company LLC dropped their target price on shares of Day One Biopharmaceuticals from $18.00 to $16.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, August 6th. Wedbush reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $25.00 price objective on shares of Day One Biopharmaceuticals in a report on Wednesday, May 7th. HC Wainwright reduced their target price on shares of Day One Biopharmaceuticals from $36.00 to $25.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, August 6th. Finally, Piper Sandler initiated coverage on shares of Day One Biopharmaceuticals in a research report on Monday. They set an "overweight" rating and a $25.00 target price on the stock. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and seven have issued a Buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Day One Biopharmaceuticals currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $25.29.

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About Day One Biopharmaceuticals

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Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes targeted therapies for patients with genomically defined cancers. Its lead product candidate is tovorafenib, an oral brain-penetrant type II pan-rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma kinase inhibitor that is in Phase II clinical trial for pediatric patients with relapsed/ refractory low-grade glioma.

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