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Short Interest in Pharming Group (NASDAQ:PHAR) Expands By 169.2%

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Pharming Group (NASDAQ:PHAR - Get Free Report) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,500 shares, a growth of 169.2% from the May 15th total of 1,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days. Currently, 0.0% of the company's stock are sold short.

Pharming Group Trading Down 6.0%

Shares of NASDAQ PHAR traded down $0.69 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $10.87. 3,787 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,243. Pharming Group has a 52-week low of $6.65 and a 52-week high of $12.61. The company's 50-day moving average is $9.57 and its 200-day moving average is $9.13. The firm has a market capitalization of $739.57 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -41.81 and a beta of 0.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 2.76 and a current ratio of 3.53.

Pharming Group (NASDAQ:PHAR - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported ($0.22) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.25) by $0.03. Pharming Group had a negative net margin of 6.09% and a negative return on equity of 7.65%. The firm had revenue of $79.09 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $67.74 million. Analysts expect that Pharming Group will post -0.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. HC Wainwright reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $37.00 target price on shares of Pharming Group in a research report on Thursday, March 20th. Oppenheimer boosted their price objective on Pharming Group from $30.00 to $39.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, March 14th.

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About Pharming Group

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Pharming Group N.V., a biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes protein replacement therapies and precision medicines for the treatment of rare diseases in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company offers RUCONEST, a recombinant C1 esterase inhibitor for the treatment of acute attacks in adult and adolescent patients with acute hereditary angioedema (HAE); and Joenja (leniolisib), an oral small molecule PI3K? inhibitor for the treatment of activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome.

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