Purple Biotech (NASDAQ:PPBT) Earns Buy Rating from HC Wainwright

Purple Biotech (NASDAQ:PPBT)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by analysts at HC Wainwright in a report released on Friday,Benzinga reports. They presently have a $33.00 price target on the stock.

Purple Biotech Stock Performance

Purple Biotech stock opened at $2.51 on Friday. Purple Biotech has a 52 week low of $2.41 and a 52 week high of $23.20. The firm has a market cap of $3.33 million, a PE ratio of -0.19 and a beta of 1.11. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $7.56.

Purple Biotech (NASDAQ:PPBT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, August 16th. The company reported ($1.60) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($2.60) by $1.00. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Purple Biotech will post -6.42 earnings per share for the current year.

Purple Biotech Company Profile

Purple Biotech Ltd., a clinical-stage company, focuses on developing therapies to overcome tumor immune evasion and drug resistance for cancer patients in the United States. Its oncology pipeline includes CM24, a humanized monoclonal antibody that blocks the interactions of carcinoembryonic antigen related cell adhesion molecule 1 as a combination therapy with anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitors, which is in Phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; NT219, a small molecule that targets and inhibits insulin receptor substrate 1 and 2, and signal transducer and activator of transcription, which is in Phase 1/2 clinical trials for the treatment recurrent and/or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck cancer or colorectal adenocarcinoma; and IM1240, a multi-valent antibody designed to activate anti-tumoral immune response against 5T4-positive tumors, which is in preclinical stage.