Zymeworks BC Inc’s filing revealed that its Director EcoR1 Capital, LLC acquired Company’s shares for reported $2.33 million on Jan 02 ’25. In the deal valued at $14.78 per share,157,880 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, EcoR1 Capital, LLC now holds 15,185,959 shares worth roughly $227.94 million.
Then, EcoR1 Capital, LLC bought 146,501 shares, generating $2,134,446 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $14.57, the Director now owns 15,028,079 shares.
Before that, EcoR1 Capital, LLC bought 58,988 shares. Zymeworks BC Inc shares valued at $853,326 were divested by the Director at a price of $14.47 per share. As a result of the transaction, EcoR1 Capital, LLC now holds 14,881,578 shares, worth roughly $223.37 million.
JP Morgan upgraded its Zymeworks BC Inc [ZYME] rating to an Overweight from a a Neutral in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Leerink Partners’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early November from “a Market perform” to “an Outperform”. Wells Fargo also remained covering ZYME and has decreased its forecast on November 01, 2024 with a “an Equal weight” recommendation from previously “an Overweight” rating.
Price Performance Review of ZYME
On Friday, Zymeworks BC Inc [NASDAQ:ZYME] saw its stock jump 1.56% to $15.01. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 3.52%. Zymeworks BC Inc shares have risen nearly 2.53% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 40.67% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $17.70 was reached on 01/03/25, a 52-week low of $7.97 was recorded on 01/02/25. SMA at 50 days reached $14.35, while 200 days put it at $11.28.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For ZYME Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 14.31, which if violated will result in even more drops to 13.61. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 16.39. A further resistance level may holdings at 17.77. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 60.42, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at 0.77, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 44.40%. Stochastics %K at 78.62% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in Zymeworks BC Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Zymeworks BC Inc stocks on 2024-12-13, growing by 0.13 million shares to a total of 4.34 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-11-15 was 4.21 million shares. There was a rise of 3.0%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on January 04, 2023 when H.C. Wainwright resumed its ‘”a Neutral”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $8.
