Insider Buying: Adverum Biotechnologies (NASDAQ:ADVM) CEO Purchases 11,085 Shares of Stock

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  • CEO Laurent Fischer purchased 117,614 shares on Dec. 8 at an average price of $4.31 (≈$506,916), bringing his total stake to 201,513 shares — a 140.19% increase; the transaction was disclosed on an SEC Form 4.
  • Adverum shares trade near $4.36 with a market cap of about $96.3M; the company reported a quarterly EPS of -$2.03 (missing estimates) and the street consensus rating is a Hold with an average target of $10.50.

Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADVM - Get Free Report) CEO Laurent Fischer bought 11,085 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 5th. The shares were bought at an average price of $4.24 per share, for a total transaction of $47,000.40. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief executive officer owned 83,899 shares in the company, valued at approximately $355,731.76. This trade represents a 15.22% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website.

Laurent Fischer also recently made the following trade(s):

  • On Monday, December 8th, Laurent Fischer purchased 117,614 shares of Adverum Biotechnologies stock. The stock was bought at an average price of $4.31 per share, with a total value of $506,916.34.

Adverum Biotechnologies Stock Up 2.3%

Shares of NASDAQ:ADVM opened at $4.36 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $96.26 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.51 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a 50 day moving average of $4.41 and a two-hundred day moving average of $3.35. Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. has a 52-week low of $1.78 and a 52-week high of $6.12.




Adverum Biotechnologies (NASDAQ:ADVM - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 12th. The biotechnology company reported ($2.03) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($1.80) by ($0.23). On average, equities analysts anticipate that Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. will post -4.92 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Adverum Biotechnologies

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd purchased a new stake in Adverum Biotechnologies during the second quarter valued at about $45,000. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Adverum Biotechnologies during the third quarter valued at approximately $58,000. XTX Topco Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Adverum Biotechnologies in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $64,000. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd acquired a new position in Adverum Biotechnologies in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $66,000. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP purchased a new position in Adverum Biotechnologies during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $107,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 48.17% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have weighed in on ADVM. Weiss Ratings reissued a "sell (d-)" rating on shares of Adverum Biotechnologies in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Chardan Capital cut Adverum Biotechnologies from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, October 27th. Truist Financial set a $5.00 price objective on Adverum Biotechnologies in a research note on Friday, October 24th. HC Wainwright restated a "neutral" rating and set a $5.00 price objective (down from $30.00) on shares of Adverum Biotechnologies in a report on Monday, November 17th. Finally, Mizuho set a $5.50 target price on Adverum Biotechnologies in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Adverum Biotechnologies currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $10.50.

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Adverum Biotechnologies Company Profile

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Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc, a clinical-stage company, develops gene therapy product candidates to treat ocular diseases. Its lead product candidate is ixoberogene soroparvovec (ADVM-022), a single intravitreal injection gene therapy candidate used for the treatment of patients with wet age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema which is in phase 2 clinical trials.

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