Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: SGMO) Surprises Bears With Upbeat Outlook.

In the last trading session, 18.11 million shares of the Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SGMO) were traded, and its beta was 1.21. Most recently the company’s share price was $2.04, and it changed around $0.54 or 36.00% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $424.77M. SGMO currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $1.78, offering almost 12.75% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $0.29, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 85.78% since then. We note from Sangamo Therapeutics Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 17.39 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 11.50 million.

Sangamo Therapeutics Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 2.12. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 6 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 2 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 1 recommended SGMO as a Hold, whereas 3 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.

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Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SGMO) trade information

Instantly SGMO has showed a green trend with a performance of 36.00% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 2.0600 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 0.97%. The company’s shares are currently up 275.48% year-to-date, but still up 123.44% over the last five days. On the other hand, Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SGMO) is 135.29% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 18.22 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 7.21 day(s).

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $12, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 83.0% from its current value. Analyst projections state that SGMO is forecast to be at a low of $5 and a high of $19.

Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (SGMO) estimates and forecasts

Sangamo Therapeutics Inc share prices are performing particularly well compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have risen 290.58 percent over the past six months and at a 20.34% annual growth rate that is well above the industry average of 17.50%.

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a negative earnings growth rate of -15.96%.

SGMO Dividends

Sangamo Therapeutics Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in November.

Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SGMO)’s Major holders

Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 2.28% of Sangamo Therapeutics Inc shares, and 42.34% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 43.33%. Sangamo Therapeutics Inc stock is held by 161.0 institutions, with WASATCH ADVISORS LP being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 11.1403% of the shares, which is about 20.09 million shares worth $7.2 million.

ARMISTICE CAPITAL, LLC, with 7.7963% or 14.06 million shares worth $5.04 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.