Why Are SWAV Shares Falling Today?

ShockWave Medical stock is trading -34.2% below its average target price of $270.82 after dropping -17.1% 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.

ShockWave Medical has an average level of shares sold short, at 6.0% of its total share float. The stock's short ratio (also called days to cover) is 3.39. 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.

Institutional investors own 93.3% of ShockWave Medical's shares, which indicates they have a high level of confidence in the company.

Institutions Invested in ShockWave Medical

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-06-30 Blackrock Inc. 10% 3,636,444 $647,977,965
2023-06-30 Vanguard Group Inc 10% 3,603,014 $642,021,073
2023-06-30 FMR, LLC 7% 2,434,974 $433,888,023
2023-06-30 Wellington Management Group, LLP 4% 1,352,723 $241,041,714
2023-06-30 Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 3% 1,147,784 $204,523,633
2023-06-30 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 3% 1,091,050 $194,414,202
2023-06-30 State Street Corporation 3% 1,018,186 $181,430,565
2023-06-30 JP Morgan Chase & Company 2% 835,138 $148,813,242
2023-06-30 Invesco Ltd. 2% 773,776 $137,879,147
2023-09-30 Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 2% 645,634 $115,045,524
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