Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARWR) COO Sells $578,426.88 in Stock

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARWR - Get Free Report) COO Patrick O'brien sold 29,184 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $19.82, for a total value of $578,426.88. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 535,201 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $10,607,683.82. The trade was a 5.17 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link.

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Stock Up 0.9 %

Shares of ARWR traded up $0.17 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $19.67. The stock had a trading volume of 1,197,900 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,241,250. Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has a 1-year low of $17.05 and a 1-year high of $39.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.06, a current ratio of 6.74 and a quick ratio of 6.74. The company has a market cap of $2.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3.92 and a beta of 0.97. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $21.03 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $22.56.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Values First Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals in the 3rd quarter valued at $52,000. Meeder Asset Management Inc. increased its position in Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals by 4,629.2% in the 2nd quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,405 shares of the biotechnology company's stock valued at $88,000 after acquiring an additional 3,333 shares during the period. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals by 21.3% during the third quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 4,496 shares of the biotechnology company's stock worth $88,000 after purchasing an additional 788 shares during the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP purchased a new position in Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals during the 3rd quarter worth $149,000. Finally, Quarry LP raised its holdings in Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals by 54.5% during the second quarter. Quarry LP now owns 8,500 shares of the biotechnology company's stock worth $221,000 after purchasing an additional 3,000 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 62.61% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

ARWR has been the topic of a number of research reports. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $42.00 price target on shares of Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals in a research note on Thursday, September 26th. Sanford C. Bernstein dropped their price objective on shares of Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals from $27.00 to $24.00 and set a "market perform" rating for the company in a report on Friday, November 29th. StockNews.com raised Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals to a "sell" rating in a research note on Friday, December 20th. Piper Sandler reduced their price target on shares of Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals from $62.00 to $45.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, Chardan Capital reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $60.00 price objective on shares of Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals in a report on Thursday, December 12th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $43.33.

About Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc develops medicines for the treatment of intractable diseases in the United States. The company's products in pipeline includes Plozasiran, which is in Phase 2b and one Phase 3 clinical trial to treat hypertriglyceridemia, mixed dyslipidemia, and chylomicronemia syndrome; Zodasiran that is in Phase 2b clinical trial for the treatment of dyslipidemia and hypertriglyceridemia; ARO-PNPLA3, which is in Phase 1 clinical trial to treat patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; ARO-RAGE that is in Phase 1/2a clinical trial to treat inflammatory pulmonary conditions; and ARO-MUC5AC, which is in Phase 1/2a clinical trial to treat muco-obstructive pulmonary diseases.

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