Analyzing the Decline in Moderna Stock Today

Moderna stock is trading -15.31% below its average target price of $138.52 after dropping -4.4% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Biotechnology company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $60.0 to $310.0 per share.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 7.2%, and a short ratio of 6.93. The company's insiders own 9.6% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 73.0% of Moderna's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Moderna

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-03-31 Baillie Gifford and Company 12% 44,655,817 $5,238,573,783
2023-12-31 Vanguard Group Inc 9% 33,907,072 $3,977,638,533
2023-12-31 Blackrock Inc. 7% 25,301,692 $2,968,141,426
2023-12-31 State Street Corporation 4% 14,623,723 $1,715,508,909
2023-12-31 Flagship Pioneering Inc. 3% 9,666,038 $1,133,922,894
2023-12-31 Theleme Partners LLP 2% 7,349,456 $862,164,665
2023-12-31 Wellington Management Group, LLP 2% 7,225,579 $847,632,654
2023-12-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 6,549,461 $768,317,253
2023-12-31 FMR, LLC 2% 6,393,351 $750,003,990
2023-12-31 Goldman Sachs Group Inc 1% 4,551,626 $533,951,234

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being positive market sentiment on Moderna.

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