Apellis PharmaceuticalsAPLS
About: Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapeutic compounds to treat diseases with high unmet needs through the inhibition of the complement system, which is an integral component of the immune system, at the level of C3, the central protein in the complement cascade.
Employees: 702
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
209% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $128M | Put options by funds: $41.5M
20% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 5 [Q2] → 6 (+1) [Q3]
8% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 43 | Existing positions closed: 40
2% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 94 | Existing positions reduced: 92
0.36% less ownership
Funds ownership: 99.78% [Q2] → 99.42% (-0.36%) [Q3]
0% less funds holding
Funds holding: 261 [Q2] → 260 (-1) [Q3]
25% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $4.64B [Q2] → $3.49B (-$1.15B) [Q3]
Research analyst outlook
13 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
13 analyst ratings
RBC Capital Luca Issi 17% 1-year accuracy 10 / 60 met price target | 14%downside $26 | Sector Perform Reiterated | 21 Jan 2025 |
HC Wainwright & Co. Douglas Tsao 31% 1-year accuracy 54 / 173 met price target | 89%upside $57 | Buy Reiterated | 14 Jan 2025 |
Goldman Sachs Salveen Richter 19% 1-year accuracy 3 / 16 met price target | 19%upside $36 | Neutral Downgraded | 17 Dec 2024 |
Morgan Stanley Judah Frommer 33% 1-year accuracy 3 / 9 met price target | 3%upside $31 | Equal-Weight Initiated | 21 Nov 2024 |
Baird Colleen Kusy 25% 1-year accuracy 5 / 20 met price target | 83%upside $55 | Outperform Maintained | 7 Nov 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 18 articles about APLS published over the past 30 days