NASDAQ:ZFGNZafgen Stock Price, Forecast & News

Zafgen's stock was trading at $0.8501 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ZFGN shares have increased by 1,668.0% and is now trading at $15.03. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Zafgen in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Zafgen.

Zafgen is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 13th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Zafgen.

Zafgen Inc (NASDAQ:ZFGN) issued its earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The biopharmaceutical company reported ($0.10) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. View Zafgen's earnings history.

3 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Zafgen's stock. Their forecasts range from $0.78 to $0.78. On average, they expect Zafgen's stock price to reach $0.78 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 94.8%. View analysts' price targets for Zafgen.

News articles about ZFGN stock have trended neutral this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring 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. Zafgen earned a media sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the biopharmaceutical 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 next few days. View the latest news aboutZafgen.

Zafgen saw a decline in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 523,100 shares, a decline of 9.4% from the April 30th total of 577,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 182,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.9 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View Zafgen's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Zafgen include Prestige Consumer Healthcare (PBH), Principia Biopharma (PRNB), Pacira Biosciences (PCRX), TG Therapeutics (TGTX), Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND), Eidos Therapeutics (EIDX), SAGE Therapeutics (SAGE), IGM Biosciences (IGMS), Passage Bio (ZNTL), Epizyme (EPZM), Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (MDGL), Xencor (XNCR), Aurinia Pharmaceuticals (AUPH), Heron Therapeutics (HRTX) and Theravance Biopharma (TBPH). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Zafgen investors own include CA (CA), SCYNEXIS (SCYX), Endologix (ELGX), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), TG Therapeutics (TGTX), BlackRock (BLK), Fate Therapeutics (FATE), Pfizer (PFE), Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR) and Gilead Sciences (GILD).

Zafgen trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ZFGN."

Zafgen's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Sphera Funds Management LTD. (8.44%), Soleus Capital Management L.P. (3.60%), Orbimed Advisors LLC (2.95%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.70%), Two Sigma Investments LP (0.60%) and Two Sigma Advisers LP (0.57%). View institutional ownership trends for Zafgen.

ZFGN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Two Sigma Investments LP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Hikari Power Ltd, and Two Sigma Advisers LP. View insider buying and selling activity for Zafgen.

ZFGN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sphera Funds Management LTD., Soleus Capital Management L.P., and Orbimed Advisors LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Zafgen.

Shares of ZFGN 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 ZFGN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.03.

Zafgen has a market capitalization of $563.17 million. The biopharmaceutical company earns $-45,410,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.07) on an earnings per share basis. Zafgen employs 38 workers across the globe.

The official website for Zafgen is www.zafgen.com.

Zafgen's mailing address is 3 Center Plaza Suite 610, BOSTON MA, 02108. The biopharmaceutical company can be reached via phone at 617-622-4003 or via email at [email protected]