Evotec (NASDAQ:EVO) Shares Gap Up to $7.07

Evotec SE (NASDAQ:EVO - Get Free Report) shares gapped up prior to trading on Monday . The stock had previously closed at $7.07, but opened at $7.36. Evotec shares last traded at $7.35, with a volume of 15,314 shares.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on EVO shares. Royal Bank of Canada raised Evotec from a "sector perform" rating to an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 18th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised Evotec from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, April 12th.

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Evotec Stock Performance

The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $7.37 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $8.71.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Evotec

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of EVO. Quadrant Capital Group LLC acquired a new stake in Evotec in the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. Optiver Holding B.V. lifted its holdings in Evotec by 643.1% in the 4th quarter. Optiver Holding B.V. now owns 80,810 shares of the company's stock worth $945,000 after purchasing an additional 69,936 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mubadala Investment Co PJSC acquired a new stake in Evotec in the 4th quarter worth approximately $53,931,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 5.81% of the company's stock.

About Evotec

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Evotec SE operates as drug discovery and development partner for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry worldwide. The company is developing pharmaceutical products in various therapeutic areas, such as diabetes and complications, fibrosis, infectious diseases, CNS diseases, oncology, pain and inflammation, immunology, rare diseases, respiratory diseases, and women's health.

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