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EXAS Stock – Understanding the Surge in Interest

Exact Sciences stock is trading -17.39% below its average target price of $63.14 after marking a 5.9% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the Mid-Cap Medical Specialities company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $50.0 to $80.0 per share.

Exact Sciences has an average level of shares sold short, at 5.7% of its total share float. The stock's short ratio (also called days to cover) is 2.64. Only 0.91% of the company's shares are owned by insiders, indicating that management does not have a deep alignment of interest with its shareholders.

Institutional investors own 95.6% of Exact Sciences's shares, which indicates they have a high level of confidence in the company.

Institutions Invested in Exact Sciences

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2025-06-30 FMR, LLC 14% 26,892,316 $1,402,703,198
2025-06-30 Capital World Investors 10% 18,200,022 $949,313,144
2025-06-30 Vanguard Group Inc 9% 17,907,459 $934,053,058
2025-06-30 Wellington Management Group, LLP 6% 12,003,790 $626,117,684
2025-06-30 Blackrock Inc. 6% 10,532,600 $549,380,414
2025-06-30 State Street Corporation 3% 5,379,027 $280,570,047
2025-06-30 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 2% 3,703,265 $193,162,301
2025-06-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 3,237,040 $168,844,005
2025-06-30 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. 2% 2,969,613 $154,895,013
2025-06-30 Mackenzie Financial Corporation 2% 2,855,801 $148,958,579
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