Repligen (RGEN) Reaches $47.65 52-Week High; Shapiro Capital Management Has Lowered Urban Outfitters (URBN) Holding By $215.13 Billion

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The stock of Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN) hit a new 52-week high and has $50.99 target or 7.00% above today’s $47.65 share price. The 6 months bullish chart indicates low risk for the $2.08B company. The 1-year high was reported on Jun, 29 by Barchart.com. If the $50.99 price target is reached, the company will be worth $145.74 million more. The stock increased 1.82% or $0.85 during the last trading session, reaching $47.65. About 116,493 shares traded. Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN) has risen 11.84% since June 29, 2017 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 0.73% the S&P500. Some Historical RGEN News: 08/05/2018 – Repligen Had Seen FY18 Rev $180M-$186; 08/05/2018 – REPLIGEN CORP RGEN.O SEES FY 2018 GAAP SHR $0.32 TO $0.36; 17/05/2018 – Repligen to Participate in 15th Annual Craig-Hallum Institutional Investor Conference; 02/05/2018 – Wells Capital Management Inc. Exits Position in Repligen; 08/05/2018 – REPLIGEN FY REV. GUIDANCE RAISED TO $182-$188M, EST. $183.6M; 08/05/2018 – Repligen Raises FY18 View To EPS 32c-EPS 36c; 17/05/2018 – Repligen Forms Golden Cross: Technicals; 17/05/2018 – Repligen Presenting at Conference May 30; 08/05/2018 – Repligen Raises FY18 View To Adj EPS 69c-Adj EPS 73c; 08/05/2018 – Repligen 1Q EPS 8c

Shapiro Capital Management Llc decreased Urban Outfitters Inc. (URBN) stake by 76.44% reported in 2018Q1 SEC filing. Shapiro Capital Management Llc sold 5.82 million shares as Urban Outfitters Inc. (URBN)’s stock rose 13.69%. The Shapiro Capital Management Llc holds 1.79M shares with $66.30 billion value, down from 7.61M last quarter. Urban Outfitters Inc. now has $5.00 billion valuation. The stock decreased 0.22% or $0.1 during the last trading session, reaching $45.91. About 437,116 shares traded. Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) has risen 124.18% since June 29, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 111.61% the S&P500. Some Historical URBN News: 22/05/2018 – Urban Outfitters 1Q Net $41.3M; 06/03/2018 – CORRECT: URBAN OUTFITTERS 4Q GROSS MARGIN +32.3%, EST. +32.3%; 05/03/2018 – NORDSTROM – TO INTRODUCE MORE THAN 200 ITEMS FROM ANTHROPOLOGIE HOME AT SELECT NORDSTROM FULL-LINE STORES & ON NORDSTROM.COM, BEGINNING MARCH 19; 06/03/2018 – Urban Outfitters’s Profit Plunges on Tax Charge, Margins Narrow — Earnings Review; 14/03/2018 – Urban Outfitters May Benefit, Industry Best in Almost 4 Years; 06/03/2018 – Urban Outfitters’ Profits Halved Despite Moderate 2017 Sales Growth; 09/04/2018 – Urban Outfitters Presenting at JPMorgan Conference Apr 12; 22/05/2018 – URBN EPS Jumps 280%; 06/04/2018 – House of the Week: Former Urban Outfitters CEO’s Greenwich Village Abode; 05/04/2018 – After-hours buzz: PSMT, URBN, FE & more

Since January 22, 2018, it had 0 insider purchases, and 8 insider sales for $13.05 million activity. Hunt Anthony also sold $691,016 worth of Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN) shares. Shares for $169,792 were sold by RYAN THOMAS F JR on Thursday, March 8. On Tuesday, May 8 EDDLEMAN ROY T sold $4.87M worth of Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN) or 120,000 shares. $1.07M worth of stock was sold by BARTHELEMY NICOLAS on Wednesday, May 9. DAWES KAREN A had sold 20,000 shares worth $835,936.

More important recent Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN) news were published by: Nasdaq.com which released: “Repligen Selects Purolite Life Sciences as Commercial Partner for New High Performance Ligand” on June 28, 2018, also Nasdaq.com published article titled: “Repligen Announces Agreement with Navigo Proteins for the Exclusive Co-Development of Next Generation Affinity …”, Benzinga.com published: “Benzinga’s Daily Biotech Pulse: Pain Therapeutics Drops 70%, Neon To Begin Trading” on June 27, 2018. More interesting news about Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN) was released by: Globenewswire.com and their article: “Report: Exploring Fundamental Drivers Behind Matthews International, Raytheon, JetBlue Airways, Repligen, Becton …” with publication date: June 11, 2018.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.39 in Q1 2018. Its up 0.13, from 1.26 in 2017Q4. It increased, as 13 investors sold Repligen Corporation shares while 46 reduced holdings. 19 funds opened positions while 63 raised stakes. 35.98 million shares or 2.25% more from 35.19 million shares in 2017Q4 were reported. Jennison Limited Liability Company holds 24,242 shares or 0% of its portfolio. Fiera Capital Corporation invested 0.01% of its portfolio in Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN). Virginia Retirement Et Al invested 0.01% in Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN). Profund Advsrs Limited Liability Corporation owns 7,174 shares. 21,246 were reported by Nuveen Asset Management Ltd Liability Corp. 2,960 were accumulated by First Mercantile. Oakworth holds 1,500 shares or 0.01% of its portfolio. Voya Inv Lc has invested 0% in Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN). Deutsche Financial Bank Ag has 41,717 shares for 0% of their portfolio. Nicholas Invest Partners Ltd Partnership holds 0.22% in Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN) or 84,754 shares. The Pennsylvania-based Sei Investments has invested 0.01% in Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN). Blackrock invested in 5.37 million shares. D E Shaw has invested 0% in Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN). Louisiana State Employees Retirement holds 0.03% or 16,600 shares. Kornitzer Capital Mngmt Ks has invested 0.16% in Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN).

Analysts await Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN) to report earnings on August, 2. They expect $0.19 EPS, down 5.00% or $0.01 from last year’s $0.2 per share. RGEN’s profit will be $8.30 million for 62.70 P/E if the $0.19 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.17 actual EPS reported by Repligen Corporation for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 11.76% EPS growth.

Repligen Corporation, a bioprocessing company, focuses on the development, production, and commercialization of products used in the production of antibody therapeutics, recombinant proteins, and vaccines worldwide. The company has market cap of $2.08 billion. It makes various forms of Protein A, a critical component used to purify antibody drugs. It has a 66.18 P/E ratio. The firm also supplies alternating tangential flow system filtration devices and protein cell culture supplements that are used in clinical and commercial stage manufacturing to enhance biologic drug yields.

More important recent Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) news were published by: Investorplace.com which released: “20 Top Stocks That Don’t Get Enough Appreciation” on June 28, 2018, also Seekingalpha.com published article titled: “Urban Outfitters: More Than Meets The Eye”, Forbes.com published: “Benefit Of Higher Consumer Spending Continuing In Q2 For Urban Outfitters” on June 15, 2018. More interesting news about Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) was released by: Globenewswire.com and their article: “Glen T. Senk Joins Board of Green Thumb Industries (GTI)” with publication date: June 26, 2018.

Shapiro Capital Management Llc increased Axalta Coating Systems Ltd stake by 2.84M shares to 7.30M valued at $220.42 billion in 2018Q1. It also upped Citigroup Inc Dep Shs Pfd S (Prn) stake by 28,500 shares and now owns 38,500 shares. Mosaic Co. (NYSE:MOS) was raised too.

Since March 9, 2018, it had 0 insider purchases, and 19 insider sales for $28.08 million activity. ANTOIAN EDWARD N had sold 20,000 shares worth $762,902 on Wednesday, April 11. McCreight David W. sold $5.68 million worth of stock. 80,000 shares were sold by STROUSE ROBERT H, worth $3.38 million on Friday, May 25. BELAIR SCOTT A sold $1.10M worth of stock or 30,000 shares. The insider LAWSON JOEL S III sold 20,000 shares worth $738,060. $398,182 worth of Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) shares were sold by Donnelly Trish. Conforti Frank had sold 20,941 shares worth $738,593 on Friday, March 9.

Among 18 analysts covering Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN), 7 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 10 Hold. Therefore 39% are positive. Urban Outfitters had 26 analyst reports since January 10, 2018 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Wednesday, March 7 by Jefferies. Buckingham Research maintained the stock with “Buy” rating in Thursday, March 8 report. As per Tuesday, June 12, the company rating was maintained by Robert W. Baird. As per Tuesday, March 6, the company rating was maintained by Oppenheimer. Wells Fargo maintained it with “Hold” rating and $4500 target in Wednesday, May 23 report. As per Tuesday, June 12, the company rating was maintained by Nomura. RBC Capital Markets maintained the shares of URBN in report on Friday, February 9 with “Hold” rating. The company was maintained on Tuesday, February 27 by B. Riley & Co. SunTrust maintained it with “Buy” rating and $40.0 target in Friday, February 2 report. The stock of Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) has “Hold” rating given on Tuesday, May 22 by Oppenheimer.

Analysts await Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) to report earnings on August, 21. They expect $0.74 EPS, up 68.18% or $0.30 from last year’s $0.44 per share. URBN’s profit will be $80.53M for 15.51 P/E if the $0.74 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.38 actual EPS reported by Urban Outfitters, Inc. for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 94.74% EPS growth.

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