Strs Ohio Increases Position in Incyte Co. (NASDAQ:INCY)

Strs Ohio lifted its holdings in Incyte Co. (NASDAQ:INCYFree Report) by 14.4% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 29,855 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock after buying an additional 3,766 shares during the period. Strs Ohio’s holdings in Incyte were worth $2,157,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the business. Janiczek Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in Incyte by 1,120.7% in the first quarter. Janiczek Wealth Management LLC now owns 354 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 325 shares during the last quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust lifted its stake in Incyte by 91.0% in the first quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 447 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 213 shares during the last quarter. Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in Incyte by 22.7% in the fourth quarter. Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 687 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $55,000 after purchasing an additional 127 shares during the last quarter. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. lifted its stake in Incyte by 1,458.0% in the second quarter. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. now owns 779 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $59,000 after purchasing an additional 729 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CI Investments Inc. lifted its stake in Incyte by 53.6% in the fourth quarter. CI Investments Inc. now owns 779 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $63,000 after purchasing an additional 272 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 97.53% of the company’s stock.

Incyte Trading Up 1.0 %

Incyte stock opened at $61.68 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $13.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 42.54, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.71. Incyte Co. has a fifty-two week low of $60.56 and a fifty-two week high of $86.29. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $62.63 and its 200-day moving average price is $71.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 3.91 and a current ratio of 3.95.

Incyte (NASDAQ:INCYGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, May 2nd. The biopharmaceutical company reported $0.18 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.68 by ($0.50). The firm had revenue of $808.67 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $871.17 million. Incyte had a net margin of 9.35% and a return on equity of 9.99%. Equities research analysts forecast that Incyte Co. will post 2.83 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

INCY has been the topic of several research analyst reports. StockNews.com assumed coverage on Incyte in a research note on Thursday, May 18th. They issued a “buy” rating on the stock. Bank of America cut shares of Incyte from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $84.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Thursday, May 4th. Mizuho lowered their target price on shares of Incyte from $95.00 to $82.00 in a report on Wednesday, May 3rd. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their target price on shares of Incyte from $79.00 to $70.00 in a report on Wednesday, May 3rd. Finally, SVB Securities raised shares of Incyte from an “underperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and set a $61.00 target price on the stock in a report on Friday, March 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $81.50.

About Incyte

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Incyte Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutics for hematology/oncology, and inflammation and autoimmunity areas in the United States, Europe, Japan, and internationally. The company offers JAKAFI (ruxolitinib), for the treatment of adults with intermediate or high-risk myelofibrosis; MONJUVI (tafasitamab-cxix)/MINJUVI (tafasitamab), for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; PEMAZYRE (pemigatinib), a fibroblast growth factor receptor kinase inhibitor that act as oncogenic drivers in various liquid and solid tumor types; and ICLUSIG, a kinase inhibitor to treat chronic myeloid leukemia and philadelphia-chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

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