Here are the biotech companies with exposure to experimental vaccines whose shares saw the biggest boost from this past week's coronavirus news.
Sarepta Therapeutics received a favorable rating from Merrill Lynch, and as a result the stock soared in Tuesday's trading session.
Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Ally FInancial, Apple, Automatic Data Processing, Brocade Communications, Level 3 Communications and Tyco International.
Here are some biotech companies with exposure to experimental vaccines whose shares are seeing the biggest boost from the latest coronavirus news.
Once again, concerns over European debt is sending stocks tumbling. The Dow is down 0.61%, the Nasdaq is down 0.39% and the S&P 500 is down 0.62%. There were a ton of high volume winners and losers...
Tekmira Pharmaceuticals downgrade also drags down Sarepta Therapeutics and BioCryst Pharmaceuticals.
24/7 Wall St. has collected three big FDA decisions coming up in February and added some color, along with the trading range and price target.
Sarepta announced a public offering of more than 3 million shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $39.00 per share, with a value of up to more than $145 million.
News has hit of the first confirmed Ebola case in the United States. Companies involved in potential drugs for Ebola have seen their shares pop.
Making the move for a secondary offering after a stock has jumped massively is one way for companies to literally cash in on their recent success.
Friday afternoon's analyst upgrades and downgrades included BigCommerce, Citrix, GlaxoSmithKline, Nikola, Regeneron, Shake Shack and more.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations covered by 24/7 Wall St. for Wednesday, September 24, 2014.
Recently we have seen a surge in Ebola-related stocks across the board, but Friday trading brought a mixed view for this group.
With the CDC not releasing enough data on the patient, there could be an opportunity for traders on both sides of the Ebola story.
Fears of Ebola have plagued the United States since late September, and some biotech companies have capitalized on this fear.