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Cytokinetics (CYTK) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$33.13 +0.83 (+2.57%)
Closing price 06/9/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$32.48 -0.65 (-1.95%)
As of 06/9/2025 07:47 PM Eastern
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About Cytokinetics Stock (NASDAQ:CYTK)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$32.30
$33.29
50-Day Range
$29.84
$42.92
52-Week Range
$29.31
$61.38
Volume
1.36 million shs
Average Volume
1.55 million shs
Market Capitalization
$3.96 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$70.92
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Cytokinetics, Incorporated, a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering, developing, and commercializing muscle activators and inhibitors as potential treatments for debilitating diseases. The company develops small molecule drug candidates primarily engineered to impact muscle function and contractility. Its drug candidates include omecamtiv mecarbil, a novel cardiac myosin activator that is in Phase III clinical trial in patients with heart failure. The company also develops CK-136, a novel cardiac troponin activator that is in Phase I clinical trial; CK-586, a small molecule cardiac myosin inhibitor, that is in Phase I clinical trial; and aficamten, a novel cardiac myosin inhibitor, which is in Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Cytokinetics, Incorporated has a strategic alliance with Ji Xing Pharmaceuticals Limited. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.

Cytokinetics Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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81st Percentile Overall Score

CYTK MarketRank™: 

Cytokinetics scored higher than 81% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 329th out of 1,886 stocks in the medical sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Cytokinetics has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.93, and is based on 10 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Cytokinetics has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Cytokinetics' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Cytokinetics are expected to decrease in the coming year, from ($5.24) to ($5.25) per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Cytokinetics is -6.16, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Cytokinetics is -6.16, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Read more about Cytokinetics' valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    13.36% of the float of Cytokinetics has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Cytokinetics has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.4.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Cytokinetics has recently increased by 7.73%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Cytokinetics does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Cytokinetics does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    13.36% of the float of Cytokinetics has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Cytokinetics has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.4.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Cytokinetics has recently increased by 7.73%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Cytokinetics has a news sentiment score of 0.60. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.73 average news sentiment score of Medical companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Cytokinetics this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    5 people have searched for CYTK on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 150% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 2 people have added Cytokinetics to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Cytokinetics insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $3,518,893.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 2.70% of the stock of Cytokinetics is held by insiders.

  • Read more about Cytokinetics' insider trading history.
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CYTK Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Cytokinetics' stock was trading at $47.04 at the start of the year. Since then, CYTK stock has decreased by 29.6% and is now trading at $33.13.
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Cytokinetics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:CYTK) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 6th. The biopharmaceutical company reported ($1.36) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($1.41) by $0.05. Cytokinetics's revenue for the quarter was up 89.1% on a year-over-year basis.
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Top institutional shareholders of Cytokinetics include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.94%), T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (8.34%), Vestal Point Capital LP (2.17%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.67%). Insiders that own company stock include Robert I Blum, Fady Ibraham Malik, John T Henderson, Andrew Callos, Edward M Md Kaye, Wendall Wierenga, Muna Bhanji, B Lynne Parshall, Robert Wong and Robert Arthur Harrington.
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Shares of CYTK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Cytokinetics investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE) and GE Aerospace (GE).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
5/06/2025
Today
6/09/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
8/06/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Medical
Industry
Pharmaceutical preparations
Sub-Industry
Pharmaceutical Products
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:CYTK
Employees
250
Year Founded
1997

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$70.92
High Stock Price Target
$120.00
Low Stock Price Target
$41.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+114.1%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.93
Research Coverage
15 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
N/A
Forward P/E Ratio
N/A
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
-$526.24 million
Net Margins
-17,906.25%
Pretax Margin
-17,906.25%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$19.22 million
Price / Cash Flow
N/A
Book Value
($3.94) per share
Price / Book
-8.41

Miscellaneous

Free Float
114,002,000
Market Cap
$3.96 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.59

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This page (NASDAQ:CYTK) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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