Fairvoy Private Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:REGN – Free Report) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 1,092 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock, valued at approximately $844,000.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC grew its stake in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals by 261.8% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 948 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $675,000 after purchasing an additional 686 shares in the last quarter. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $226,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership acquired a new stake in shares of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $3,183,000. Gabelli Funds LLC grew its stake in shares of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals by 3.0% in the second quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC now owns 1,863 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $978,000 after buying an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. grew its stake in shares of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals by 18.8% in the second quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 32,341 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $16,985,000 after buying an additional 5,120 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 83.31% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several analysts have issued reports on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on shares of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals from $950.00 to $850.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 2nd. Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their target price on shares of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals from $1,057.00 to $875.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, May 19th. Piper Sandler cut their target price on shares of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals from $875.00 to $855.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Leerink Partners reiterated a “market perform” rating and set a $641.00 price target (down from $792.00) on shares of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in a report on Monday, May 18th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating and ten have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $792.65.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Trading Down 0.5%
REGN stock opened at $620.14 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 3.57 and a quick ratio of 2.96. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $665.93 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $729.12. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has a one year low of $514.79 and a one year high of $821.11. The stock has a market cap of $65.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.25.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:REGN – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The biopharmaceutical company reported $9.47 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $8.91 by $0.56. The firm had revenue of $3.61 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.48 billion. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals had a net margin of 29.65% and a return on equity of 13.16%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 19.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $8.22 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. will post 37.44 EPS for the current year.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Announces Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 4th. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 20th were issued a dividend of $0.94 per share. This represents a $3.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, May 20th. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 9.16%.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, Director Arthur F. Ryan sold 100 shares of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals stock in a transaction on Friday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $705.24, for a total transaction of $70,524.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 17,503 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,343,815.72. This trade represents a 0.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 6.97% of the company’s stock.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Company Profile
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc (NASDAQ: REGN) is a U.S.-based biotechnology company founded in 1988 and headquartered in Tarrytown, New York. It focuses on discovering, developing, manufacturing and commercializing medicines for serious medical conditions. The company combines laboratory research, clinical development and in-house manufacturing to advance a pipeline of biologic therapies across multiple therapeutic areas.
Regeneron is known for its proprietary drug discovery technologies, including its VelocImmune platform, which is used to generate fully human monoclonal antibodies.
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