Gossamer Bio (NASDAQ:GOSS) Shares Down 7.8%

Gossamer Bio, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOSS)’s stock price traded down 7.8% on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $9.80 and last traded at $10.09. 1,206,528 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 91% from the average session volume of 631,667 shares. The stock had previously closed at $10.94.

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Gossamer Bio from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 12th. HC Wainwright reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $24.00 price objective (up previously from $15.00) on shares of Gossamer Bio in a research report on Thursday, December 17th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. The company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $21.00.

The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $10.44 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $10.92. The firm has a market capitalization of $766.11 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3.07 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a current ratio of 17.36, a quick ratio of 17.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46.

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Cutler Group LP purchased a new stake in Gossamer Bio during the third quarter worth about $31,000. Pacer Advisors Inc. raised its position in Gossamer Bio by 92.3% during the fourth quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 3,553 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,000 after acquiring an additional 1,705 shares during the last quarter. SG3 Management LLC acquired a new position in Gossamer Bio during the third quarter worth about $74,000. Great West Life Assurance Co. Can raised its position in Gossamer Bio by 87.6% during the third quarter. Great West Life Assurance Co. Can now owns 7,100 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after acquiring an additional 3,316 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Voloridge Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Gossamer Bio in the third quarter valued at approximately $148,000. 71.96% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Gossamer Bio (NASDAQ:GOSS)

Gossamer Bio, Inc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering, acquiring, developing, and commercializing therapeutics in the disease areas of immunology, inflammation, and oncology in the United States. It is developing GB001, an oral antagonist of prostaglandin D2 receptor 2, which is in Phase IIb clinical trial for the treatment of moderate-to-severe eosinophilic asthma; in Phase II clinical trial to treat patients with chronic rhinosinusitis both with and without nasal polyps; and in translational Phase 2 clinical trial in patients with chronic spontaneous urticarial.

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