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Grail (NASDAQ:GRAL) Hits New 52-Week High - Time to Buy?

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Grail, Inc. (NASDAQ:GRAL - Get Free Report) hit a new 52-week high during trading on Friday . The company traded as high as $23.44 and last traded at $23.05, with a volume of 117261 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $22.41.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently commented on GRAL shares. Morgan Stanley started coverage on Grail in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. They issued an "equal weight" rating and a $16.00 target price for the company. Wolfe Research started coverage on Grail in a research note on Friday, November 15th. They set a "peer perform" rating for the company. Finally, Guggenheim started coverage on Grail in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. They set a "neutral" rating for the company.

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Grail Stock Down 3.5 %

The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $15.06.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Robert P. Ragusa sold 123,454 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.02, for a total value of $1,730,825.08. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 612,661 shares in the company, valued at $8,589,507.22. This trade represents a 16.77 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, major shareholder Chun R. Ding purchased 35,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 3rd. The stock was purchased at an average price of $12.71 per share, for a total transaction of $444,850.00. Following the acquisition, the insider now owns 3,558,655 shares of the company's stock, valued at $45,230,505.05. The trade was a 0.99 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders purchased 58,829 shares of company stock worth $757,298 over the last three months.

Grail Company Profile

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GRAIL, Inc, a biotechnology company, focuses on developing technologies for early cancer detection. The company develops Galleri, a screening test for asymptomatic individuals over 50 years of age; and DAC, a diagnostic aid for cancer tests to accelerate diagnostic resolution for patients for whom there is a clinical suspicion of cancer.

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