Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:HALO – Get Free Report) SVP Michael J. Labarre sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $62.03, for a total transaction of $620,300.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 173,756 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,778,084.68. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website.
Halozyme Therapeutics Trading Down 0.4 %
HALO opened at $59.24 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.19, a current ratio of 7.41 and a quick ratio of 6.21. Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $32.83 and a fifty-two week high of $65.53. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $58.40 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $49.15. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.48, a PEG ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.28.
Halozyme Therapeutics (NASDAQ:HALO – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 6th. The biopharmaceutical company reported $0.91 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.73 by $0.18. The business had revenue of $231.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $204.94 million. Halozyme Therapeutics had a return on equity of 195.80% and a net margin of 38.62%. Halozyme Therapeutics’s quarterly revenue was up 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.68 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts predict that Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current year.
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Hedge Funds Weigh In On Halozyme Therapeutics
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Halozyme Therapeutics by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 13,259,514 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock worth $490,072,000 after acquiring an additional 152,870 shares in the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc boosted its stake in Halozyme Therapeutics by 28.1% during the first quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 2,541,266 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock worth $103,379,000 after acquiring an additional 557,350 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its holdings in Halozyme Therapeutics by 12.4% in the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,897,759 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock worth $99,363,000 after purchasing an additional 209,530 shares during the period. Stephens Investment Management Group LLC increased its stake in Halozyme Therapeutics by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. Stephens Investment Management Group LLC now owns 1,518,455 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $56,122,000 after purchasing an additional 63,748 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Epoch Investment Partners Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Halozyme Therapeutics by 23.3% during the first quarter. Epoch Investment Partners Inc. now owns 1,433,612 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $58,319,000 after purchasing an additional 270,579 shares during the period. 97.79% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
About Halozyme Therapeutics
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc, a biopharma technology platform company, researches, develops, and commercializes proprietary enzymes and devices in the United States, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, and internationally. The company's products are based on the patented recombinant human hyaluronidase enzyme (rHuPH20) that enables delivery of injectable biologics, such as monoclonal antibodies and other therapeutic molecules, as well as small molecules and fluids.
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