Exact Sciences Corp. (EXAS) COO Sells $9,828,792.72 in Stock
November 16th, 2016 - By Amy Steele - 0 comments
Exact Sciences Corp. logoExact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ:EXAS) COO Maneesh Arora sold 562,932 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.46, for a total transaction of $9,828,792.72. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 1,094,309 shares in the company, valued at $19,106,635.14. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.
Shares of Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ:EXAS) opened at 17.41 on Wednesday. The stock’s market cap is $1.89 billion. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $18.01 and its 200-day moving average price is $14.60. Exact Sciences Corp. has a 1-year low of $4.67 and a 1-year high of $22.80.
Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ:EXAS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 26th. The company reported ($0.36) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of ($0.42) by $0.06. Exact Sciences Corp. had a negative return on equity of 55.44% and a negative net margin of 216.45%. The firm had revenue of $28.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $25.24 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.45) EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 122.6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Exact Sciences Corp. will post ($1.71) earnings per share for the current year.
Insider Buying and Selling by Quarter for Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ:EXAS)
Several research firms recently weighed in on EXAS. Craig Hallum set a $26.00 price objective on shares of Exact Sciences Corp. and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, September 4th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Exact Sciences Corp. from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $19.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Friday, July 29th. Canaccord Genuity restated a “buy” rating and issued a $24.00 price objective on shares of Exact Sciences Corp. in a research report on Friday, October 28th. Benchmark Co. upped their price objective on shares of Exact Sciences Corp. from $14.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 26th. Finally, Mizuho upped their price objective on shares of Exact Sciences Corp. from $10.00 to $15.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 27th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. The stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $19.33.
A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of EXAS. State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System increased its stake in shares of Exact Sciences Corp. by 0.6% in the second quarter. State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System now owns 77,280 shares of the company’s stock valued at $947,000 after buying an additional 457 shares during the period. UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. increased its stake in shares of Exact Sciences Corp. by 2.8% in the first quarter. UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. now owns 1,186,519 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,997,000 after buying an additional 32,579 shares during the period. Strs Ohio increased its stake in shares of Exact Sciences Corp. by 393.6% in the second quarter. Strs Ohio now owns 650,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,962,000 after buying an additional 518,318 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in shares of Exact Sciences Corp. by 766.2% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 232,904 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,852,000 after buying an additional 206,016 shares during the period. Finally, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Exact Sciences Corp. by 7.0% in the second quarter. Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. now owns 322,874 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,956,000 after buying an additional 21,193 shares during the period. 87.62% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.