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Kronos Bio (NASDAQ:KRON) Stock Rating Lowered by Piper Sandler

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Kronos Bio (NASDAQ:KRON - Get Free Report) was downgraded by Piper Sandler from an "overweight" rating to a "neutral" rating in a research report issued on Thursday, Marketbeat.com reports. They presently have a $1.00 price target on the stock, down from their previous price target of $6.00. Piper Sandler's price target would suggest a potential upside of 17.29% from the company's current price.

KRON has been the subject of a number of other reports. TD Cowen cut shares of Kronos Bio from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday. HC Wainwright reissued a "buy" rating and set a $2.25 target price on shares of Kronos Bio in a research note on Monday, August 19th.

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Kronos Bio Trading Down 3.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ:KRON traded down $0.03 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $0.85. The stock had a trading volume of 478,167 shares, compared to its average volume of 266,102. The company has a market cap of $51.40 million, a P/E ratio of -0.51 and a beta of 1.86. Kronos Bio has a 1 year low of $0.69 and a 1 year high of $1.60. The business's 50 day moving average price is $0.95 and its 200 day moving average price is $1.03.

Institutional Trading of Kronos Bio

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Virtu Financial LLC purchased a new position in shares of Kronos Bio in the first quarter worth about $71,000. Forefront Analytics LLC increased its holdings in Kronos Bio by 75.0% in the 2nd quarter. Forefront Analytics LLC now owns 134,998 shares of the company's stock worth $167,000 after buying an additional 57,867 shares during the period. Acadian Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Kronos Bio by 17.2% in the 1st quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 774,559 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,005,000 after acquiring an additional 113,618 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Kronos Bio by 14.6% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,948,595 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,533,000 after buying an additional 247,918 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.09% of the company's stock.

Kronos Bio Company Profile

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Kronos Bio, Inc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery and development of therapeutics for various cancer and other serious diseases in the United States. Its lead product candidates are KB-0742, an oral cyclin dependent kinase 9 inhibitor for the treatment of MYC-amplified solid tumors, which is in phase 2 clinical trial; and KB-9558, a core oncogenic transcription factor that drives multiple myeloma.

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