Investors Bullish on Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO) - What's Driving the Stock's Surge?

Halozyme Therapeutics stock is trading -21.53% below its average target price of $62.44 after marking a 7.2% during today's morning session. Analysts are giving the Mid-Cap Biotechnology company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $50.0 to $75.0 per share.

Halozyme Therapeutics has an elevated short interest of 10.9%. The stock's short ratio, or the number of days needed for all shorts to cover their positions, is 7.75. Only 1.08% of the company's shares are owned by insiders, indicating that management does not have a deep alignment of interest with its shareholders. 100.4% of Halozyme Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors, which indicates a high level of confidence in the stock.

Institutions Invested in Halozyme Therapeutics

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-09-30 Blackrock Inc. 14% 17,430,019 $854,070,931
2024-09-30 Vanguard Group Inc 10% 12,895,096 $631,859,704
2024-09-30 State Street Corporation 5% 6,633,688 $325,050,712
2024-09-30 Snyder Capital Management, LP 3% 4,063,367 $199,104,983
2024-09-30 Alliancebernstein L.P. 3% 3,408,341 $167,008,709
2024-09-30 Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 2% 3,133,412 $153,537,188
2024-09-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 3,060,131 $149,946,419
2024-09-30 Macquarie Group Limited 2% 3,010,825 $147,530,425
2024-09-30 JP Morgan Chase & Company 2% 2,864,857 $140,377,993
2024-09-30 Congress Asset Management Co 2% 2,433,579 $119,245,371

For these reasons, we consider that the Halozyme Therapeutics is the subject of mixed market sentiment.

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