Insider Selling: BridgeBio Pharma (NASDAQ:BBIO) CEO Sells $2,716,000.00 in Stock

BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBIOGet Free Report) CEO Neil Kumar sold 40,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $67.90, for a total value of $2,716,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 575,686 shares in the company, valued at approximately $39,089,079.40. This represents a 6.50% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Neil Kumar also recently made the following trade(s):

  • On Thursday, April 9th, Neil Kumar sold 40,000 shares of BridgeBio Pharma stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $74.62, for a total value of $2,984,800.00.
  • On Thursday, March 12th, Neil Kumar sold 40,000 shares of BridgeBio Pharma stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $68.73, for a total value of $2,749,200.00.
  • On Thursday, February 19th, Neil Kumar sold 28,053 shares of BridgeBio Pharma stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $71.39, for a total value of $2,002,703.67.
  • On Tuesday, February 10th, Neil Kumar sold 40,000 shares of BridgeBio Pharma stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $71.94, for a total value of $2,877,600.00.

BridgeBio Pharma Stock Up 4.0%

Shares of BridgeBio Pharma stock opened at $68.61 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $13.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -18.34 and a beta of 1.02. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $71.28 and a 200-day moving average price of $71.66. BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. has a twelve month low of $31.77 and a twelve month high of $84.94.

BridgeBio Pharma (NASDAQ:BBIOGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported ($0.84) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.70) by ($0.14). The firm had revenue of $194.52 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $178.07 million. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 66.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted ($0.88) EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. will post -2.28 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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Institutional Trading of BridgeBio Pharma

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of BBIO. Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd bought a new stake in shares of BridgeBio Pharma during the third quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd bought a new stake in shares of BridgeBio Pharma during the third quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Jones Financial Companies Lllp bought a new stake in shares of BridgeBio Pharma during the first quarter valued at approximately $35,000. First Horizon Corp bought a new stake in shares of BridgeBio Pharma during the third quarter valued at approximately $36,000. Finally, Huntington National Bank raised its stake in shares of BridgeBio Pharma by 111.7% during the third quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 743 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,000 after acquiring an additional 392 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.85% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts recently commented on the stock. HC Wainwright increased their price target on shares of BridgeBio Pharma from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of BridgeBio Pharma from $89.00 to $94.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 10th. Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of BridgeBio Pharma in a report on Tuesday, March 10th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of BridgeBio Pharma in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Finally, Mizuho reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $106.00 price target on shares of BridgeBio Pharma in a report on Tuesday, April 28th. Twenty-four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, BridgeBio Pharma currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $88.19.

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BridgeBio Pharma Company Profile

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BridgeBio Pharma, Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Founded in 2015 by Neil Kumar, the company is dedicated to discovering, developing and delivering transformative medicines for patients with genetic diseases and cancers. BridgeBio operates an integrated model that spans target identification, preclinical research, clinical development and commercialization, aiming to streamline the process from bench to bedside.

BridgeBio’s pipeline comprises multiple therapeutic modalities, including small molecules, biologics and genetic therapies.

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