Akari Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AKTX) Earns Sell Rating from Analysts at StockNews.com

StockNews.com started coverage on shares of Akari Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AKTXGet Rating) in a research note issued on Sunday. The brokerage set a “sell” rating on the biopharmaceutical company’s stock.

Akari Therapeutics Price Performance

NASDAQ AKTX opened at $0.16 on Friday. Akari Therapeutics has a fifty-two week low of $0.14 and a fifty-two week high of $1.61. The stock has a market cap of $12.01 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.46 and a beta of 1.31. The business has a fifty day moving average of $0.18 and a 200-day moving average of $0.32.

Institutional Trading of Akari Therapeutics

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of AKTX. LPL Financial LLC purchased a new stake in Akari Therapeutics during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $83,000. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Akari Therapeutics by 411.4% during the first quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 283,550 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $52,000 after acquiring an additional 228,100 shares during the period. Finally, Sabby Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Akari Therapeutics by 116.5% during the first quarter. Sabby Management LLC now owns 7,941,867 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $1,443,000 after purchasing an additional 4,273,528 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 13.60% of the company’s stock.

Akari Therapeutics Company Profile

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Akari Therapeutics, Plc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing advanced therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Its lead product candidate is nomacopan, a second-generation complement inhibitor that prevents inflammatory and prothrombotic activities, including paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, Guillain-Barré syndrome, hematopoietic stem cell transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy, and bullous pemphigoid, as well as pre-clinical program developing long-acting PASylated-nomacopan for treatment of geographic atrophy secondary to dry age-related macular degeneration.

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