NASDAQ:MRUS - Merus Stock Price, Forecast & News

Merus' stock was trading at $14.54 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MRUS stock has decreased by 14.7% and is now trading at $12.40. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Merus in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Merus.

Merus is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Merus.

4 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Merus' stock. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Merus' share price to reach $23.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 87.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Merus.

News stories about MRUS stock have trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Merus earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the biotechnology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutMerus.

Merus saw a decrease in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totaling 368,500 shares, a decrease of 15.6% from the January 30th total of 436,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 76,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.8 days. Currently, 2.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Merus' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Merus include Theravance Biopharma (TBPH), Akcea Therapeutics (AKCA), Constellation Pharmaceuticals (CNST), Pacira Biosciences (PCRX), IGM Biosciences (IGMS), Karyopharm Therapeutics (KPTI), BELLUS Health (BLUSF), Dicerna Pharmaceuticals (DRNA), Corcept Therapeutics (CORT), Innoviva (INVA), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Tricida (TCDA), I-Mab (ARQT), TG Therapeutics (TGTX) and Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Merus investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Exelixis (EXEL), ImmunoGen (IMGN), Viking Therapeutics (VKTX), AT&T (T), Corbus Pharmaceuticals (CRBP), Fate Therapeutics (FATE), GlycoMimetics (GLYC) and Idera Pharmaceuticals (IDRA).

(MRUS) raised $64 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, May 19th 2016. The company issued 4,300,000 shares at $14.00-$16.00 per share. Citigroup and Jefferies acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Guggenheim Securities and Wedbush PacGrow were co-managers.

Merus trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "MRUS."

Merus' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BVF Inc. IL (13.54%), EcoR1 Capital LLC (7.34%), Driehaus Capital Management LLC (6.13%), Platinum Investment Management Ltd. (0.73%), Oxford Asset Management LLP (0.22%) and Old West Investment Management LLC (0.11%). Company insiders that own Merus stock include Bvf Partners L P/Il, Mark Throsby and Value Fund L P Biotechnology. View institutional ownership trends for Merus.

MRUS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BVF Inc. IL, and Tower Research Capital LLC TRC. View insider buying and selling activity for Merus.

MRUS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including EcoR1 Capital LLC, Driehaus Capital Management LLC, Oxford Asset Management LLP, Platinum Investment Management Ltd., Old West Investment Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, and Acadian Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Merus stock in the last two years include Bvf Partners L P/Il, and Value Fund L P Biotechnology. View insider buying and selling activity for Merus.

Shares of MRUS 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.

One share of MRUS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.40.

Merus has a market capitalization of $359.60 million and generates $31.13 million in revenue each year. The biotechnology company earns $-55,150,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($2.33) on an earnings per share basis. Merus employs 98 workers across the globe. View additional information about Merus.

The official website for Merus is http://www.merus.nl/.

Merus' mailing address is YALELAAN 62, UTRECHT P7, 3584 CM. The biotechnology company can be reached via phone at 31-0-30-253-8800 or via email at [email protected]