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Pharming Group (NASDAQ:PHAR) Sees Unusually-High Trading Volume - Still a Buy?

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Pharming Group (NASDAQ:PHAR - Get Free Report) saw unusually-high trading volume on Monday . Approximately 5,632 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 9% from the previous session's volume of 6,179 shares.The stock last traded at $8.39 and had previously closed at $8.65.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

PHAR has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. HC Wainwright reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $37.00 price target on shares of Pharming Group in a research note on Thursday, March 20th. Oppenheimer raised their price objective on shares of Pharming Group from $30.00 to $39.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, March 14th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group started coverage on shares of Pharming Group in a research report on Monday, December 9th. They issued a "buy" rating and a $14.00 target price for the company.

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Pharming Group Stock Performance

The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $8.69 and a 200 day moving average price of $8.68. The company has a current ratio of 3.53, a quick ratio of 2.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. The firm has a market cap of $531.66 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -30.06 and a beta of -0.10.

Pharming Group (NASDAQ:PHAR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 13th. The company reported $0.05 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.07 by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $92.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $76.67 million. Pharming Group had a negative net margin of 6.09% and a negative return on equity of 7.65%. As a group, analysts predict that Pharming Group will post -0.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Pharming Group

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Pharming Group stock. Silverberg Bernstein Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Pharming Group (NASDAQ:PHAR - Free Report) by 16.8% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 47,997 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 6,887 shares during the quarter. Silverberg Bernstein Capital Management LLC owned 0.07% of Pharming Group worth $483,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 0.03% of the company's stock.

Pharming Group Company Profile

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Pharming Group N.V., a biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes protein replacement therapies and precision medicines for the treatment of rare diseases in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company offers RUCONEST, a recombinant C1 esterase inhibitor for the treatment of acute attacks in adult and adolescent patients with acute hereditary angioedema (HAE); and Joenja (leniolisib), an oral small molecule PI3K? inhibitor for the treatment of activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome.

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