What Do Analysts Predict for SWAV?

ShockWave Medical stock is trading -17.79% below its average target price of $284.89 after marking a 5.2% during today's evening session. Analysts are giving the mid-cap Medical Instruments & Supplies company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $165.0 to $330.0 per share.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 3.9%, and a short ratio of 1.94. Since 1.18% 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 93.3% of ShockWave Medical's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in ShockWave Medical

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-06-30 Blackrock Inc. 10% 3,636,444 $851,727,918
2023-06-30 Vanguard Group Inc 10% 3,603,014 $843,897,943
2023-06-30 FMR, LLC 7% 2,434,974 $570,319,613
2023-06-30 Wellington Management Group, LLP 4% 1,352,723 $316,834,782
2023-06-30 Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 3% 1,147,784 $268,833,969
2023-06-30 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 3% 1,091,050 $255,545,732
2023-06-30 State Street Corporation 3% 1,018,186 $238,479,526
2023-06-30 JP Morgan Chase & Company 2% 835,138 $195,606,023
2023-06-30 Invesco Ltd. 2% 773,776 $181,233,815
2023-06-30 Capital World Investors 2% 585,000 $137,018,700

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on ShockWave Medical.

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