Media stories about RXi Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:RXII) have trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. RXi Pharmaceuticals earned a media sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media coverage about the biotechnology company an impact score of 46.4442042647402 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next several days.
These are some of the news headlines that may have impacted Accern Sentiment’s scoring:
Top Biotech Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Amgen Inc.(AMGN)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Chris Lange]
Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) saw its short interest rise to 11.32 million shares from the previous level of 10.78 million. Shares were last seen trading at $142.15, in a 52-week trading range of $141.09 to $217.00.
- [By Keith Speights]
Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) has been the hands-down winner over Celgene (NASDAQ:CELG) in terms of stock performance over the last year. It's the same story for revenue generated. Celgene beat Amgen in earnings, but only because of a technicality: Amgen incurred a big one-time tax hit in 2017.
- [By Chris Lange]
Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) is expected to release its most recent quarterly results on Thursday. The consensus forecast calls for $3.54 in EPS and $5.74 billion in revenue for the second quarter. Shares traded on Friday's close at $190.60. The consensus price target is $196.10, and the 52-week range is $163.31 to $201.23.
- [By Jon C. Ogg]
Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK) and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) were named in an August 3 Merrill Lynch report in which the firm rebalanced its income portfolio. It increased its portfolio position in Merck to 3.0% from 2.0% and in Pfizer to 3.0% from 2.5%. AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) and Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) were also kept in the portfolio, with weights of 1.5% and 2.0%, respectively.
Top Biotech Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.(ALNY)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Max Byerly]
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALNY) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 3rd. The biopharmaceutical company reported ($1.41) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.47) by $0.06. The business had revenue of $21.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $35.23 million. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals had a negative return on equity of 36.81% and a negative net margin of 565.20%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 15.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted ($1.25) earnings per share. equities analysts anticipate that Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. will post -6.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
- [By Cory Renauer]
If approved, Tegsedi will run directly into competition with Alnylam's (NASDAQ:ALNY) recently approved treatment for the limited population of ATTR patients, Onpattro. Inotersen and Onpattro haven't been tested in a head-to-head study, but most analysts expect Alnylam's drug to gain a much larger share of the limited space than Akcea's.
- [By Brian Orelli]
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALNY) and Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IONS) looked to be in a two-horse race to develop TTR amyloidosis (ATTR) drugs. Alnylam recently got its drug Onpattro approved, while Ionis Pharmaceuticals and its marketing partner Akcea Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AKCA) should hear about Tegsedi by Oct. 6. Tegsedi was approved in the EU last month.
Top Biotech Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Biogen Idec Inc(BIIB)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Chris Lange]
The S&P 500 stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Monday was Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) which traded down nearly 4% at $329.58. The stock's 52-week range is $244.28 to $348.84. Volume was 1.2 million matching the daily average of 1.2 million shares.
- [By Todd Campbell]
PTC Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTCT) shares took off after updated data from a trial evaluating risdiplam suggested it could mount a stiff challenge to Biogen's (NASDAQ:BIIB) and Ionis Pharmaceuticals' (NASDAQ:IONS) Spinraza for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare and life-threatening genetic disease. The data is solid, but a one-and-done SMA treatment is already in late-stage studies at Novartis' (NYSE:NVS), and that therapy could become available as soon as 2019.
- [By Benzinga News Desk]
A distillery in a small Spanish town has claimed it invented the original Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) recipe and now wants recognition: Link
ECONOMIC DATA Initial Jobless Claims For Week Ended May 25 221K vs 225K Economist Estimate, Down From 234K In Prior Week Personal Income Apr. Up 0.3%, Personal Spending Up 0.6% The Chicago PMI for May is schedule for release at 9:45 a.m. ET. The pending home sales index for April will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET. The Energy Information Administration’s weekly report on natural gas stocks in underground storage is schedule for release at 10:30 a.m. ET. The Energy Information Administration’s weekly report on petroleum inventories will be released at 11:00 a.m. ET. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic is set to speak at 12:30 p.m. ET. Fed Governor Lael Brainard will speak at 1:00 p.m. ET. Data on money supply for the recent week will be released at 4:30 p.m. ET. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan is set to speak at 8:30 p.m. ET. ANALYST RATINGS Canaccord upgrades Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) from Hold to Buy Morgan Stanley upgrades Corning (NYSE: GLW) from Equal-Weight to Overweight Morgan Stanley downgrades Micron (NASDAQ: MU) from Overweight to Equal-Weight Cantor downgrades HealthEquity (NASDAQ: HQY) from Overweight to NeutralThis is a tool used by the Benzinga News Desk each trading day — it's a look at everything happening in the market, in five minutes. To get the full version of this note every morning, click here.
Top Biotech Stocks To Invest In Right Now: ArQule Inc.(ARQL)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Logan Wallace]
BidaskClub upgraded shares of ArQule (NASDAQ:ARQL) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report released on Saturday.
A number of other research firms have also issued reports on ARQL. Roth Capital upped their price target on ArQule from $5.00 to $6.00 and gave the company a buy rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 17th. Leerink Swann upgraded ArQule from a market perform rating to an outperform rating in a research report on Thursday, April 5th. Zacks Investment Research lowered ArQule from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 4th. ValuEngine upgraded ArQule from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 2nd. Finally, B. Riley set a $4.00 price target on ArQule and gave the company a buy rating in a research report on Monday, March 26th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, The stock currently has an average rating of Buy and an average target price of $4.69.
- [By Cory Renauer]
What's behind these dramatic gains? Read on to find out.
Company Gain in H1 2018 Market Cap Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARWR) 270% $1.19 billion ArQule, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARQL) 235% $482 million Endocyte, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECYT) 222% $959 million Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDGL) 205% $3.99 billionData source: YCharts.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
ArQule, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARQL) insider Value Fund L. P. Biotechnology sold 1,035,939 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5.00, for a total value of $5,179,695.00. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink.
- [By Stephan Byrd]
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- [By Joseph Griffin]
ValuEngine upgraded shares of ArQule (NASDAQ:ARQL) from a buy rating to a strong-buy rating in a research report released on Tuesday.
Several other equities analysts have also issued reports on ARQL. Zacks Investment Research upgraded ArQule from a hold rating to a buy rating and set a $2.50 price objective for the company in a research report on Tuesday, March 20th. BidaskClub upgraded ArQule from a buy rating to a strong-buy rating in a research report on Saturday, March 24th. B. Riley set a $4.00 price objective on ArQule and gave the company a buy rating in a research report on Monday, March 26th. Leerink Swann upgraded ArQule from a market perform rating to an outperform rating in a research report on Thursday, April 5th. Finally, Roth Capital boosted their price objective on ArQule from $5.00 to $6.00 and gave the company a buy rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 17th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. The company has a consensus rating of Buy and a consensus target price of $5.35.
- [By Money Morning Staff Reports]
But Blink and our other penny stocks to watch are unlikely to continue to lock in such spectacular gains in June. After looking at our 10 top penny stocks to watch this month, we'll show you a small-cap stock with great profit potential in its future…
Penny Stock Current Share Price Law Month's Gain Blink Charging Co. (Nasdaq: BLNK) $7.07 439.85% Senes Tech Inc. (Nasdaq: SNES) $1.27 175.40% Vivis Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS) $0.77 150.41% Adomani Inc. (Nasdaq: ADOM) $1.49 137.68% NF Energy Saving Co. (Nasdaq: NFEC) $2.34 134.88% Vaalco Energy Inc. (NYSE: EGY) $2.15 109.06% Heat Biologics Inc. (Nasdaq: HTBX) $2.35 99.12% ArQule Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQL) $4.88 90.74% LiqTech International Inc. (NYSE: LIQT) $0.66 85.60% Transenterix Inc. (NYSE: TRXC) $3.46 77.84%While last month's gains are tremendous, they also illustrate the inherent dangers that come with investing in penny stocks.
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