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JPMorgan Chase & Co. Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Mereo BioPharma Group (NASDAQ:MREO) Stock

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Key Points

  • JPMorgan Chase & Co. has increased its target price for Mereo BioPharma Group from $7.00 to $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 343.21% from the current price.
  • The stock has been rated as "Buy" by multiple analysts, with an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $7.40.
  • Mereo BioPharma reported a quarterly loss of ($0.02) EPS, missing the consensus estimate and generating significantly lower revenue than expected at $0.50 million.
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Mereo BioPharma Group (NASDAQ:MREO - Get Free Report) had its target price upped by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $7.00 to $8.00 in a research note issued to investors on Monday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has an "overweight" rating on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s price objective points to a potential upside of 343.21% from the company's current price.

Several other research firms have also weighed in on MREO. Wall Street Zen upgraded Mereo BioPharma Group from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, August 16th. Needham & Company LLC set a $5.00 target price on Mereo BioPharma Group and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, July 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and four have given a Buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $7.40.

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Mereo BioPharma Group Trading Up 6.2%

Shares of NASDAQ:MREO traded up $0.1050 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $1.8050. The company had a trading volume of 461,781 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,730,459. Mereo BioPharma Group has a 12 month low of $1.47 and a 12 month high of $4.95. The stock has a market cap of $287.00 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -25.79 and a beta of 0.47. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $2.09 and a 200 day simple moving average of $2.32.

Mereo BioPharma Group (NASDAQ:MREO - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 12th. The company reported ($0.02) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.01) by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $0.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.80 million. Equities analysts forecast that Mereo BioPharma Group will post -0.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Mereo BioPharma Group

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of MREO. Marex Group plc bought a new stake in Mereo BioPharma Group in the second quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Nomura Holdings Inc. bought a new stake in Mereo BioPharma Group in the second quarter valued at approximately $339,000. Frazier Life Sciences Management L.P. raised its stake in Mereo BioPharma Group by 20.7% in the second quarter. Frazier Life Sciences Management L.P. now owns 9,440,112 shares of the company's stock valued at $25,583,000 after buying an additional 1,620,249 shares during the period. Paloma Partners Management Co bought a new stake in Mereo BioPharma Group in the second quarter valued at approximately $804,000. Finally, XTX Topco Ltd bought a new stake in Mereo BioPharma Group in the second quarter valued at approximately $188,000. Institutional investors own 62.83% of the company's stock.

About Mereo BioPharma Group

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Mereo BioPharma Group plc, a biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes therapeutics for the treatment of oncology and rare diseases in the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. It develops Etigilimab (MPH-313), an antibody T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains, which is in Phase 1b clinical trial for the treatment of tumors.

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