Dominic Piscitelli Sells 8,851 Shares of ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORIC) Stock

ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORIC - Get Free Report) CFO Dominic Piscitelli sold 8,851 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.28, for a total transaction of $73,286.28. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 106,764 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $884,005.92. The trade was a 7.66 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

ORIC Pharmaceuticals Trading Up 0.1 %

ORIC stock traded up $0.01 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $8.25. The company had a trading volume of 321,133 shares, compared to its average volume of 500,967. The firm has a market capitalization of $582.20 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.62 and a beta of 1.13. The business has a 50 day moving average of $9.35 and a 200 day moving average of $9.37. ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $6.33 and a fifty-two week high of $16.65.

ORIC Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ORIC - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 12th. The company reported ($0.49) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.48) by ($0.01). As a group, equities analysts predict that ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. will post -1.84 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ORIC has been the subject of several recent research reports. Stifel Nicolaus initiated coverage on shares of ORIC Pharmaceuticals in a research note on Friday, September 6th. They set a "buy" rating and a $20.00 target price for the company. HC Wainwright reissued a "buy" rating and set a $21.00 price target on shares of ORIC Pharmaceuticals in a report on Monday, November 4th. Wedbush reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $20.00 price target on shares of ORIC Pharmaceuticals in a report on Tuesday, November 12th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an "overweight" rating on shares of ORIC Pharmaceuticals in a report on Monday, September 23rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company began coverage on shares of ORIC Pharmaceuticals in a report on Thursday, October 31st. They set an "overweight" rating and a $20.00 price target for the company. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $18.29.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On ORIC Pharmaceuticals

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in ORIC Pharmaceuticals by 152.7% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 410,229 shares of the company's stock valued at $4,205,000 after acquiring an additional 247,863 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its holdings in ORIC Pharmaceuticals by 62.0% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 186,484 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,318,000 after acquiring an additional 71,394 shares during the last quarter. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in ORIC Pharmaceuticals in the 2nd quarter valued at about $724,000. Creative Planning acquired a new stake in ORIC Pharmaceuticals in the 3rd quarter valued at about $116,000. Finally, Monaco Asset Management SAM lifted its holdings in ORIC Pharmaceuticals by 132.0% in the 2nd quarter. Monaco Asset Management SAM now owns 301,650 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,133,000 after acquiring an additional 171,650 shares during the last quarter. 95.05% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About ORIC Pharmaceuticals

ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery and development of therapies for treatment of cancers in the United States. Its clinical stage product candidates include ORIC-114, a brain penetrant orally bioavailable irreversible inhibitor, currently under Phase 1b study, which is designed to selectively target epidermal growth factor receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 with high potency towards exon 20 insertion mutations; ORIC-944, an allosteric inhibitor of the polycomb repressive complex 2 for prostate cancer, currently under Phase 1b study; and ORIC-533, an orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor of CD73, currently under Phase 1b study, being developed for resistance to chemotherapy- and immunotherapy-based treatment regimens.

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