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Insights on Legend Biotech – Why Investors are Optimistic

Legend Biotech stock is trading -54.06% below its average target price of $76.42 after marking a 4.9% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the Mid-Cap Pharmaceutical company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $53.12 to $95.0 per share.

Legend Biotech has an elevated short interest of 15.0%. The stock's short ratio, or the number of days needed for all shorts to cover their positions, is 6.39. Only 1.33% of the company's shares are owned by insiders, indicating that management does not have a deep alignment of interest with its shareholders. Legend Biotech's rate of institutional ownership is 47.8%, which indicates a decent level of confidence in the stock. Based on these factors, Market Inference considers Legend Biotech to be the target of mixed market sentiment.

Institutions Invested in Legend Biotech

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2025-03-31 FMR, LLC 7% 13,204,213 $463,599,926
2025-03-31 Westfield Capital Management Co LP 4% 6,917,567 $242,875,781
2025-03-31 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 4% 6,729,779 $236,282,544
2025-03-31 HHLR Advisors, LTD 3% 5,984,550 $210,117,554
2025-03-31 Blackrock Inc. 2% 4,527,000 $158,942,972
2025-03-31 Suvretta Capital Management, LLC 2% 3,749,965 $131,661,273
2025-03-31 Braidwell LP 2% 2,977,951 $104,555,861
2025-03-31 Invesco Ltd. 2% 2,936,703 $103,107,644
2025-03-31 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. 1% 2,270,264 $79,708,970
2025-03-31 Janus Henderson Group PLC 1% 2,057,804 $72,249,499
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