Why Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: SGMO) Stock Shouldn’t Be Sold In 2024

In the last trading session, 6.18 million Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SGMO) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.16. With the company’s per share price at $2.39 changed hands at -$0.08 or -3.24% during last session, the market valuation stood at $533.21M. SGMO’s last price was a discount, traded about -33.05% off its 52-week high of $3.18. The share price had its 52-week low at $0.30, which suggests the last value was 87.45% up since then. When we look at Sangamo Therapeutics Inc’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 9.62 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 8.29 million.

Analysts gave the Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (SGMO) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, calculated at a mean rating of 1.88. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 3 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 2 recommended SGMO as a Hold, 1 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Sangamo Therapeutics Inc’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.

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Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SGMO) trade information

Instantly SGMO was in red as seen at the end of in last trading. With action -9.64%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 339.90%, with the 5-day performance at -9.64% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SGMO) is 21.94% up. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 14.95 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 1.7 days.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 12, meaning bulls need an upside of 80.08% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, SGMO’s forecast low is 5 with 19 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -694.98% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -109.21% for it to hit the projected low.

Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (SGMO) estimates and forecasts

Data shows that the Sangamo Therapeutics Inc share is performing relatively much better than most of its peers within the same industry. As can be gleaned from the statistics, the company’s share value shot 435.15% over the past 6 months, a 20.34% in annual growth rate that is considerably higher than the industry average of 17.20%. Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach -66.44% down from the last financial year.

Consensus estimates given by 7 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 8.84M. 3 analysts are of the opinion that Sangamo Therapeutics Inc’s revenue for the current quarter will be 31.5M. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 2.04M and 481k respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 333.05%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 6,448.86%.

Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -15.96%. The 2024 estimates are for Sangamo Therapeutics Inc earnings to increase by 68.33%.

SGMO Dividends

Sangamo Therapeutics Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in January.

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

If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 2.36% of Sangamo Therapeutics Inc shares while 27.02% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 27.68%. There are 27.02% institutions holding the Sangamo Therapeutics Inc stock share, with WASATCH ADVISORS LP the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 11.1403% of the shares, roughly 20.09 million SGMO shares worth $7.2 million.

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