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Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT) Is Up - What Are Investors Seeing in This Stock?

This afternoon we watched Sarepta Therapeutics rise 5.6% to a price of $58.34 per share. The Mid-Cap Pharmaceutical company is now trading -60.85% below its average target price of $149.0. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $70.0 to $209.0 per share for Sarepta Therapeutics, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 6.6%, and a short ratio of 2.68. Since 4.42% of the company's shares are owned by insiders, we can infer that there is a degree of alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 92.9% of Sarepta Therapeutics's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Sarepta Therapeutics

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-12-31 Blackrock Inc. 12% 11,191,986 $652,902,424
2024-12-31 Vanguard Group Inc 9% 9,085,456 $530,014,623
2024-12-31 Capital International Investors 9% 8,697,137 $507,361,413
2024-12-31 Janus Henderson Group PLC 4% 4,328,323 $252,499,652
2024-12-31 State Street Corporation 4% 4,069,864 $237,422,033
2024-12-31 Farallon Capital Management LLC 3% 2,865,100 $167,140,196
2024-12-31 Avoro Capital Advisors LLC 3% 2,555,555 $149,082,393
2024-12-31 Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation 2% 2,145,484 $125,160,244
2024-12-31 Wellington Management Group, LLP 2% 2,068,771 $120,685,068
2024-12-31 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2% 2,020,604 $117,875,169

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

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