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HC Wainwright Issues Negative Outlook for Precigen Earnings

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Precigen, Inc. (NASDAQ:PGEN - Free Report) - Stock analysts at HC Wainwright decreased their FY2026 EPS estimates for Precigen in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday, November 15th. HC Wainwright analyst S. Ramakanth now anticipates that the biotechnology company will earn $0.01 per share for the year, down from their previous forecast of $0.02. HC Wainwright has a "Buy" rating and a $4.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Precigen's current full-year earnings is ($0.44) per share. HC Wainwright also issued estimates for Precigen's FY2027 earnings at $0.22 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $0.39 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. JMP Securities decreased their price target on shares of Precigen from $14.00 to $7.00 and set a "market outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, August 15th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Precigen to a "sell" rating in a report on Thursday, August 1st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Precigen currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $7.00.

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Precigen Price Performance

PGEN traded down $0.03 during trading on Monday, reaching $0.79. 1,087,496 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 955,472. The business's 50 day moving average price is $0.92 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $1.24. Precigen has a 1 year low of $0.78 and a 1 year high of $1.93. The company has a market capitalization of $232.01 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.44 and a beta of 1.68.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Traphagen Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Precigen in the 3rd quarter valued at $29,000. Stifel Financial Corp lifted its stake in shares of Precigen by 94.9% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 32,200 shares of the biotechnology company's stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 15,680 shares in the last quarter. EntryPoint Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Precigen in the first quarter worth about $31,000. SG Americas Securities LLC grew its stake in shares of Precigen by 44.2% in the third quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 45,063 shares of the biotechnology company's stock valued at $43,000 after buying an additional 13,823 shares in the last quarter. Finally, China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Precigen by 86.6% during the 3rd quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 55,337 shares of the biotechnology company's stock valued at $52,000 after buying an additional 25,681 shares during the period. 33.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Precigen Company Profile

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Precigen, Inc operates as a discovery and clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops gene and cell therapies using precision technology to target diseases in therapeutic areas of immuno-oncology, autoimmune disorders, and infectious diseases. It operates through two segments, Biopharmaceuticals and Exemplar.

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