NASDAQ:GHGuardant Health Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Guardant Health Inc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $86.76 +5.14 (+6.30 %) (As of 08/13/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$80.13Now: $86.76▼$87.0950-Day Range$78.92MA: $83.09▼$87.5252-Week Range$55.90Now: $86.76▼$105.84Volume1.12 million shsAverage Volume1.08 million shsMarket Capitalization$8.63 billionP/E RatioN/ADividend YieldN/ABeta0.58 ProfileAnalyst RatingsChartCompetitorsEarningsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesShort InterestSocial Media Guardant Health, Inc., a precision oncology company, provides blood tests, data sets, and analytics in the United States and internationally. The company offers liquid biopsy tests for advanced stage cancer, such as Guardant360, a molecular diagnostic test that measures various cancer-related genes; and GuardantOMNI, a broader gene panel, including genes associated with homologous recombination repair deficiency and biomarkers for immuno-oncology applications. It also provides LUNAR-1 for minimal residual disease and recurrence detection in cancer survivors. In addition, the company is developing LUNAR-2 for early detection of cancer in higher risk individuals. Further, it offers development services, including companion diagnostic development and regulatory approval, clinical trial referral, and liquid biopsy testing development and support services to biopharmaceutical companies and medical institutions. Guardant Health, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 3.5 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingGuardant Health has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 6 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $113.60, Guardant Health has a potential upside of 27.0% from its current price of $89.42.Amount of Analyst CoverageGuardant Health has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 2.7 Community Rank Outperform VotesGuardant Health has received 179 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesGuardant Health has received 152 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentGuardant Health has received 54.08% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Guardant Health and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe GH will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe GH will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 0.0 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldGuardant Health does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthGuardant Health does not have a long track record of dividend growth. Previous Next 1.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Guardant Health insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $751,382,992.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 9.90% of the stock of Guardant Health is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions82.39% of the stock of Guardant Health is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 0.6 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Guardant Health are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($1.48) to ($1.10) per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Guardant Health is -70.41, 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. SectorThe P/E ratio of Guardant Health is -70.41, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.Price to Book Value per Share RatioGuardant Health has a P/B Ratio of 10.52. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 3.5Community Rank: 2.7Dividend Strength: 0.0Insider Behavior: 1.0Valuation: 0.6 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.57 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NASDAQ Industry Medical laboratories Sub-IndustryN/A SectorMedical Current SymbolNASDAQ:GH Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webwww.guardanthealth.com Phone855-698-8887Debt Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A Current Ratio7.38 Quick Ratio7.07Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E RatioN/A Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$214.38 million Price / Sales40.24 Cash FlowN/A Price / Cash FlowN/A Book Value$8.50 per share Price / Book10.21Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)($0.84) Net Income$-75,650,000.00 Net Margins-45.53% Return on Equity-14.66% Return on Assets-12.31%Miscellaneous Employees454 Outstanding Shares99,424,000Market Cap$8.63 billion Next Earnings Date11/5/2020 (Estimated) OptionableNot Optionable $86.76 +5.14 (+6.30 %) (As of 08/13/2020 04:00 PM ET) 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart Receive GH News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for GH and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH) Frequently Asked Questions How has Guardant Health's stock been impacted by Coronavirus? Guardant Health's stock was trading at $62.95 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GH shares have increased by 37.8% and is now trading at $86.76. View which stocks have been most impacted by COVID-19. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Guardant Health? 6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Guardant Health in the last year. There are currently 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Guardant Health. When is Guardant Health's next earnings date? Guardant Health is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Guardant Health. How were Guardant Health's earnings last quarter? Guardant Health Inc (NASDAQ:GH) issued its earnings results on Thursday, August, 6th. The company reported ($0.57) EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.40) by $0.17. The firm earned $66.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $59.18 million. Guardant Health had a negative net margin of 45.53% and a negative return on equity of 14.66%. The firm's revenue was up 22.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned ($0.13) earnings per share. View Guardant Health's earnings history. What price target have analysts set for GH? 6 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Guardant Health's stock. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $130.00. On average, they expect Guardant Health's share price to reach $113.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 30.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Guardant Health. Has Guardant Health been receiving favorable news coverage? News stories about GH stock have been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Guardant Health earned a coverage optimism score of -4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Guardant Health. Are investors shorting Guardant Health? Guardant Health saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,300,000 shares, an increase of 39.2% from the June 15th total of 2,370,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,060,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.1 days. Approximately 4.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View Guardant Health's Short Interest. Who are some of Guardant Health's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Guardant Health include Laboratory Corp. of America (LH), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), ELEKTA AB/ADR (EKTAY), Natera (NTRA), InVitae (NVTA), Veracyte (VCYT), CareDx (CDNA), RadNet (RDNT), Fulgent Genetics (FLGT), Castle Biosciences (CSTL), Personalis (PSNL), ALX Oncology (RNLX), Progenity (PROG), Centogene (CNTG) and DermTech (DMTK). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Guardant Health own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Guardant Health investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Trade Desk (TTD), Alibaba Group (BABA), Square (SQ), Okta (OKTA), Alteryx (AYX), Twilio (TWLO), Shopify (SHOP), Paypal (PYPL) and salesforce.com (CRM). Who are Guardant Health's key executives? Guardant Health's management team includes the following people: Mr. AmirAli Talasaz, Chairman, Pres & COO (Age 40)Dr. Helmy Eltoukhy Ph.D., Co-Founder, CEO & Director (Age 40)Mr. Michael J. Wiley, Chief Legal Officer (Age 44)Mr. Derek A. Bertocci, Chief Financial Officer (Age 65)Dr. Richard B. Lanman, Chief Medical Officer (Age 64) When did Guardant Health IPO? (GH) raised $200 million in an initial public offering on Thursday, October 4th 2018. The company issued 12,500,000 shares at a price of $15.00-$17.00 per share. J.P. Morgan and BofA Merrill Lynch served as the underwriters for the IPO and Cowen, Leerink Partners and William Blair were co-managers. What is Guardant Health's stock symbol? Guardant Health trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "GH." Who are Guardant Health's major shareholders? Guardant Health's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Jennison Associates LLC (3.53%), Viking Global Investors LP (3.24%), Marshall Wace LLP (1.53%), FMR LLC (0.80%), Marshall Wace North America L.P. (0.71%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.68%). Company insiders that own Guardant Health stock include Amirali Talasaz, Bluebird (Cayman) Ltd Svf, Derek A Bertocci, Helmy Eltoukhy, Ian T Clark, Michael J Wiley, Richard B Lanman, Samir Kaul, Stanley J Meresman, Timothy P Eckersley and Vision Fund (Aiv M1) Softbank. View institutional ownership trends for Guardant Health. Which major investors are selling Guardant Health stock? GH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Viking Global Investors LP, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., AlpInvest Partners B.V., Nicholas Investment Partners LP, Wisconsin Capital Management LLC, Pier Capital LLC, Frontier Investment Mgmt Co., and Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co. Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Guardant Health company stock in the last year include Amirali Talasaz, Bluebird (Cayman) Ltd Svf, Derek A Bertocci, Helmy Eltoukhy, Ian T Clark, Michael J Wiley, Richard B Lanman, Samir Kaul, Stanley J Meresman, Timothy P Eckersley, and Vision Fund (Aiv M1) Softbank. View insider buying and selling activity for Guardant Health. Which major investors are buying Guardant Health stock? GH stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marshall Wace LLP, Jennison Associates LLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P., SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd., Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Federated Hermes Inc., Monashee Investment Management LLC, and Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS. View insider buying and selling activity for Guardant Health. How do I buy shares of Guardant Health? Shares of GH can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab. What is Guardant Health's stock price today? One share of GH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $86.76. How big of a company is Guardant Health? Guardant Health has a market capitalization of $8.63 billion and generates $214.38 million in revenue each year. The company earns $-75,650,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.84) on an earnings per share basis. Guardant Health employs 454 workers across the globe. What is Guardant Health's official website? The official website for Guardant Health is www.guardanthealth.com. How can I contact Guardant Health? Guardant Health's mailing address is 505 PENOBSCOT DR., REDWOOD CITY CA, 94063. The company can be reached via phone at 855-698-8887. This page was last updated on 8/13/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for $1.00 Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools: Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring View the latest news, buy/sell ratings, SEC filings and insider transactions for your stocks. Compare your portfolio performance to leading indices and get personalized stock ideas based on your portfolio. Stock Ideas and Recommendations Get daily stock ideas top-performing Wall Street analysts. Get short term trading ideas from the MarketBeat Idea Engine. View which stocks are hot on social media with MarketBeat's trending stocks report. Advanced Stock Screeners and Research Tools Identify stocks that meet your criteria using seven unique stock screeners. 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