Illumina (ILMN) Stock Soaring – What's Driving the Surge?

Illumina stock is trading -16.74% below its average target price of $163.36 after marking a 3.9% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Medical Specialities company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $120.0 to $252.0 per share.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 4.7%, and a short ratio of 3.2. The company's insiders own 0.27% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 103.8% of Illumina's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Illumina

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-09-30 Blackrock Inc. 12% 18,546,274 $2,522,478,624
2024-09-30 Vanguard Group Inc 10% 15,914,200 $2,164,490,254
2024-09-30 State Street Corporation 4% 5,607,824 $762,720,111
2024-09-30 Loomis Sayles & Company, LP 3% 4,342,740 $590,656,043
2024-09-30 Baillie Gifford and Company 2% 3,622,813 $492,738,776
2024-09-30 Capital World Investors 2% 3,544,069 $482,028,805
2024-09-30 Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation 2% 3,374,439 $458,957,429
2024-09-30 WCM Investment Management, LLC 2% 3,262,182 $443,689,355
2024-09-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 2,727,827 $371,011,735
2024-09-30 Guardcap Asset Management Ltd. 2% 2,724,818 $370,602,481

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

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