The media are less a window on reality, than a stage on which officials and journalists perform self-scripted, self-serving fictions.”― Thomas Sowell
The markets have opened flattish/slightly down today even as weekly unemployment claims rose for the first time in four months this morning. This is not surprising given how local/state politicians have been dicking around with on again off again reopening phases....especially with the restaurant industry. Continuing claims came in lower than expected, which is a nice positive in the report. The next Covid19 relief package is slowly advancing in the Senate.
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As trading is underway this Thursday, here are four biotech and healthcare stocks analyst firms like this morning.
Ovid Therapeutics (OVID), a recent 'option play of the week' at the Biotech Forum, is seeing increasingly positive analyst activity recently. Today it is Ladenburg Thalmann reiterating its Buy rating and Street high $21 price target. Last week, both Citigroup ($9 price target) and RBC Capital ($13 price target) did the same. The company also announced a new research collaboration this morning.
More than 50 million Covid19 tests have been conducted in the U.S., 754,858 on Tuesday alone.
CytoSorbents (CTSO) is maintained as a Buy with a $16 price target at B Riley FBR this morning. Tuesday, H.C. Wainwright reissued its own Buy rating and slightly less optimistic $14 price target on CTSO, The company disclosed the pricing on a new secondary offering yesterday.
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Surmodics (SRDX) sees its first analyst action of the third quarter. MainFirst Bank upgrades the name from a Hold to a Buy with a $61 price target this morning.
Chicago has seen 385 murders this year as of mid-July, a 48% increase from the same time last year.
Finally, G1 Therapeutics (GTHX) is seeing some love from analysts today. Needham assigns a new Buy rating and $74 price target on GTHX this morning. In addition, H.C. Wainwright reiterates its own Buy rating and $82 price target on the stock today.
And those are four biotech names getting some love from analyst firms this Thursday morning.
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