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Maravai LifeSciences (NASDAQ:MRVI) Trading 5.9% Higher - Should You Buy?

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Key Points

  • Maravai LifeSciences stock increased by 5.9% on Tuesday, currently trading at $3.31 after closing at $3.12.
  • Recent analysts' evaluations show a mixed outlook, with a consensus rating of "Hold" and a price target of $5.22, while price objectives have been notably reduced.
  • Institutional investors have significantly altered their stakes, with over 50% of the company's shares now owned by such entities, indicating increased investor interest.
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Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRVI - Get Free Report) rose 5.9% during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $3.38 and last traded at $3.31. Approximately 1,090,048 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 50% from the average daily volume of 2,201,736 shares. The stock had previously closed at $3.12.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MRVI has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price objective on shares of Maravai LifeSciences from $7.00 to $5.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, August 12th. Weiss Ratings reissued a "sell (e+)" rating on shares of Maravai LifeSciences in a research report on Saturday, September 27th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $5.22.

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Maravai LifeSciences Stock Performance

The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $2.57 and its 200 day simple moving average is $2.34. The firm has a market capitalization of $849.08 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2.46 and a beta of 0.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a quick ratio of 4.49 and a current ratio of 5.16.

Institutional Trading of Maravai LifeSciences

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC raised its stake in Maravai LifeSciences by 34.5% in the 2nd quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 321,879 shares of the company's stock valued at $776,000 after purchasing an additional 82,522 shares during the last quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC lifted its stake in shares of Maravai LifeSciences by 121.1% in the second quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 18,021 shares of the company's stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 9,870 shares in the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC boosted its position in Maravai LifeSciences by 3.1% during the second quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 1,450,421 shares of the company's stock worth $3,495,000 after acquiring an additional 44,128 shares during the last quarter. Engineers Gate Manager LP raised its holdings in Maravai LifeSciences by 21.6% in the 2nd quarter. Engineers Gate Manager LP now owns 190,137 shares of the company's stock valued at $458,000 after acquiring an additional 33,712 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in Maravai LifeSciences by 17.2% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,029,645 shares of the company's stock worth $2,481,000 after purchasing an additional 151,205 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 50.25% of the company's stock.

Maravai LifeSciences Company Profile

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Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc, a life sciences company, provides products to enable the development of drug therapies, diagnostics, novel vaccines, and support research on human diseases worldwide. The company's products address the key phases of biopharmaceutical development and include nucleic acids for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, antibody-based products to detect impurities during the production of biopharmaceutical products, and products to detect the expression of proteins in tissues of various species.

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