Has Market Sentiment Shifted on BridgeBio Pharma?

This evening we watched BridgeBio Pharma rise 1.7% to a price of $35.01 per share. The small-cap Pharmaceutical company is now trading -22.95% below its average target price of $45.44. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $33.0 to $51.0 per share for BridgeBio Pharma, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.

The stock has an unusually large proportion of its shares sold short at 15.9%, and a short ratio of 6.34. Since 6.24% of the company's shares are owned by insiders, we can infer that there is a degree of alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 95.5% of BridgeBio Pharma's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in BridgeBio Pharma

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-03-31 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. 19% 31,060,971 $1,087,444,542
2023-03-31 Viking Global Investors, L.P. 16% 26,620,991 $932,000,850
2023-03-31 Vanguard Group Inc 7% 12,063,256 $422,334,572
2023-03-31 Blackrock Inc. 6% 9,117,781 $319,213,497
2023-03-31 Aisling Capital Management LP 4% 6,068,125 $212,445,046
2023-03-31 State Street Corporation 3% 5,143,013 $180,056,876
2023-03-31 Cormorant Asset Management, LP 3% 4,557,414 $159,555,056
2023-03-31 HHLR Advisors, LTD 2% 3,978,410 $139,284,127
2023-03-31 Laurion Capital Management, LP 2% 3,512,759 $122,981,686
2023-03-31 American International Group, Inc. 2% 2,704,374 $94,680,129

Besides an analyst consensus of strong upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on BridgeBio Pharma.

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