What Caused MRNA's Price Collapse Today?

Moderna stock is trading -34.97% below its average target price of $145.2 after dropping -20.8% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Biotechnology company an average rating of hold and target prices ranging from $62.0 to $310.0 per share.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 7.8%, and a short ratio of 6.13. The company's insiders own 9.55% 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 72.8% of Moderna's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Moderna

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-06-30 Baillie Gifford and Company 11% 43,449,041 $4,102,458,371
2024-03-31 Vanguard Group Inc 10% 39,036,872 $3,685,861,382
2024-03-31 Blackrock Inc. 7% 25,395,878 $2,397,878,754
2024-03-31 State Street Corporation 4% 14,452,035 $1,364,561,118
2024-03-31 FMR, LLC 4% 13,599,837 $1,284,096,584
2024-03-31 Flagship Pioneering Inc. 3% 9,666,038 $912,667,290
2024-03-31 Theleme Partners LLP 2% 7,321,797 $691,324,059
2024-03-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 6,750,479 $637,380,214
2024-03-31 Wellington Management Group, LLP 1% 5,604,703 $529,196,046
2024-03-31 Morgan Stanley 1% 5,493,965 $518,740,165

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

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