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Insider Selling: Zai Lab Limited Unsponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ZLAB) CFO Sells 2,675 Shares of Stock

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Zai Lab Limited Unsponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ZLAB - Get Free Report) CFO Yajing Chen sold 2,675 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $36.13, for a total value of $96,647.75. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 21,004 shares of the company's stock, valued at $758,874.52. This represents a 11.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link.

Yajing Chen also recently made the following trade(s):

  • On Monday, June 2nd, Yajing Chen sold 9,618 shares of Zai Lab stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $30.00, for a total transaction of $288,540.00.
  • On Friday, April 4th, Yajing Chen sold 924 shares of Zai Lab stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $33.11, for a total value of $30,593.64.
  • On Wednesday, April 2nd, Yajing Chen sold 5,280 shares of Zai Lab stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $35.89, for a total value of $189,499.20.

Zai Lab Trading Down 4.0%

Shares of ZLAB traded down $1.45 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $34.74. 759,523 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,054,456. Zai Lab Limited Unsponsored ADR has a 52-week low of $16.01 and a 52-week high of $44.34. The company has a market cap of $3.83 billion, a P/E ratio of -13.95 and a beta of 0.96. The company's 50-day moving average price is $33.35 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $31.02.

Zai Lab (NASDAQ:ZLAB - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported ($0.45) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.50) by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $106.49 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $118.40 million. Zai Lab had a negative return on equity of 33.35% and a negative net margin of 60.26%. On average, research analysts forecast that Zai Lab Limited Unsponsored ADR will post -2.58 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on ZLAB shares. Bank of America reissued a "neutral" rating and set a $36.10 price target (up from $29.00) on shares of Zai Lab in a research report on Monday, March 3rd. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an "overweight" rating on shares of Zai Lab in a research report on Thursday, March 27th. Scotiabank assumed coverage on shares of Zai Lab in a research note on Friday, March 7th. They set a "sector outperform" rating and a $55.00 price objective for the company. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Zai Lab from $44.00 to $51.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, March 13th.

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Institutional Investors Weigh In On Zai Lab

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. US Bancorp DE boosted its position in shares of Zai Lab by 1,671.9% during the fourth quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 5,865 shares of the company's stock worth $154,000 after acquiring an additional 5,534 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in Zai Lab in the 4th quarter worth $1,032,000. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank bought a new position in shares of Zai Lab during the 4th quarter valued at about $1,674,000. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Zai Lab by 44.7% during the fourth quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 13,833 shares of the company's stock valued at $362,000 after purchasing an additional 4,276 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Zai Lab by 39.3% in the fourth quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 841,735 shares of the company's stock worth $22,045,000 after purchasing an additional 237,582 shares during the last quarter. 41.65% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Zai Lab Company Profile

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Zai Lab Limited develops and commercializes therapies to treat oncology, autoimmune disorders, infectious diseases, and neuroscience. Its commercial products include Zejula, an orally administered poly polymerase 1/2 inhibitor; Optune, a cancer therapy that uses electric fields tuned to specific frequencies to kill tumor cells; NUZYRA for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections, and community acquired bacterial pneumonia; Qinlock to treat gastrointestinal stromal tumors, and VYVGART, a human IgG1 antibody fragment for myesthenia gravis.

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