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Genmab A/S (NASDAQ:GMAB) Short Interest Up 23.2% in October

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Genmab A/S (NASDAQ:GMAB - Get Free Report) was the target of a significant increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,340,000 shares, an increase of 23.2% from the October 15th total of 1,900,000 shares. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 874,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of GMAB. SG Americas Securities LLC raised its position in Genmab A/S by 360.5% during the first quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 29,500 shares of the company's stock valued at $882,000 after purchasing an additional 23,094 shares in the last quarter. Capital International Investors raised its holdings in shares of Genmab A/S by 7.8% during the 1st quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 4,373,277 shares of the company's stock valued at $130,805,000 after buying an additional 315,355 shares in the last quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in Genmab A/S by 26.3% in the 2nd quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 218,078 shares of the company's stock worth $5,480,000 after buying an additional 45,376 shares during the last quarter. Choreo LLC bought a new position in Genmab A/S during the second quarter valued at approximately $776,000. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC raised its stake in shares of Genmab A/S by 7.6% during the second quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 1,462,459 shares of the company's stock worth $36,752,000 after acquiring an additional 103,859 shares in the last quarter. 7.07% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Genmab A/S Trading Down 2.8 %

Shares of GMAB stock traded down $0.59 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $20.59. The stock had a trading volume of 1,310,575 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,554,565. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $23.81 and its 200 day simple moving average is $26.16. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.63 billion, a PE ratio of 19.99, a PEG ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 0.99. Genmab A/S has a 12 month low of $20.50 and a 12 month high of $32.89.

Genmab A/S (NASDAQ:GMAB - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The company reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.32 by ($0.03). Genmab A/S had a return on equity of 14.64% and a net margin of 23.49%. The business had revenue of $816.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $838.20 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.47 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Genmab A/S will post 1.28 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have issued reports on GMAB. Redburn Atlantic initiated coverage on Genmab A/S in a research report on Tuesday, October 8th. They issued a "buy" rating for the company. HC Wainwright reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $50.00 price objective on shares of Genmab A/S in a report on Wednesday, October 16th. Truist Financial dropped their price objective on shares of Genmab A/S from $53.00 to $50.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, September 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a "neutral" rating on shares of Genmab A/S in a research report on Tuesday, August 20th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $48.00 price target (up previously from $46.00) on shares of Genmab A/S in a research report on Friday, November 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $45.20.

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About Genmab A/S

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Genmab A/S develops antibody therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other diseases primarily in Denmark. The company markets DARZALEX, a human monoclonal antibody for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma (MM); teprotumumab for the treatment of thyroid eye disease; and Amivantamab for advanced or metastatic gastric or esophageal cancer and NSCLC.

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