Understanding Why Apexigen Stock Is Moving Up Today.

This afternoon we watched Apexigen rise 1.8% to a price of $0.56 per share. The Small-Cap Pharmaceutical company is now trading -12.5% below its average target price of $0.64. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $0.64 to $0.64 per share for Apexigen, and have given the stock an average rating of hold.

Apexigen's short interest — meaning the percentage of the share float that is being shorted — is lower than average at 0.3%. The stock's short ratio is 0.72. Insiders such as directors and executives own 7.09% of the company's shares, from which we can deduce there is a significant degree of alignment between management and shareholder interests.

Another number to watch is the company's rate of institutional share ownership, which now stands at 12.8%. In conclusion, we believe there is mixed market sentiment regarding Apexigen.

Institutions Invested in Apexigen

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-03-31 Decheng Capital Management III (Cayman), LLC 8% 1,894,551 $1,060,948
2023-03-31 Yu Fan 2% 401,757 $224,983
2023-03-31 Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) 1% 256,935 $143,883
2023-03-31 Blackrock Inc. 1% 213,833 $119,746
2023-03-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 1% 178,760 $100,105
2023-03-31 CVI Holdings, LLC 1% 150,000 $84,000
2023-03-31 State Street Corporation 0% 54,300 $30,408
2023-03-31 Mercer Global Advisors, Inc./ADV 0% 43,626 $24,430
2023-03-31 Northern Trust Corporation 0% 31,041 $17,382
2023-03-31 Two Sigma Investments, LP 0% 28,970 $16,223
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