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Exelixis

44.86 USD
-0.31
0.69%
At close Jul 11, 4:00 PM EDT
After hours
44.79
-0.07
0.16%
1 day
-0.69%
5 days
-2.58%
1 month
8.28%
3 months
27.05%
6 months
27.08%
Year to date
32.17%
1 year
98.94%
5 years
88.01%
10 years
1,083.64%
 

About: Exelixis Inc is a biopharmaceutical firm that discovers, develops, and commercializes treatments for cancer. Its molecule, cabozantinib, is indicated for the treatment of patients with metastatic medullary thyroid cancer under the name Cometriq and for the treatment of kidney and liver cancer under the name Cabometyx. Exelixis and its partner Roche have also brought Cotellic to market for the treatment of melanoma.

Employees: 1,147

0
Funds holding %
of 7,312 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 10 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

125% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $77.7M | Put options by funds: $34.5M

79% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 100 | Existing positions closed: 56

25% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 212 | Existing positions reduced: 169

11% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $8.33B [Q4 2024] → $9.27B (+$942M) [Q1 2025]

11% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 9 [Q4 2024] → 10 (+1) [Q1 2025]

7% more funds holding

Funds holding: 514 [Q4 2024] → 549 (+35) [Q1 2025]

2.22% more ownership

Funds ownership: 87.53% [Q4 2024] → 89.75% (+2.22%) [Q1 2025]

Research analyst outlook

10 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target
$38
15%
downside
Avg. target
$49
8%
upside
High target
$60
34%
upside

10 analyst ratings

positive
70%
neutral
30%
negative
0%
Barclays
Peter Lawson
11%downside
$40
Equal-Weight
Maintained
10 Jul 2025
HC Wainwright & Co.
Robert Burns
18%upside
$53
Buy
Maintained
30 Jun 2025
Stephens & Co.
Sudan Loganathan
34%upside
$60
Overweight
Upgraded
24 Jun 2025
Truist Securities
Asthika Goonewardene
23%upside
$55
Buy
Reiterated
23 Jun 2025
JMP Securities
Silvan Tuerkcan
11%upside
$50
Market Outperform
Maintained
23 Jun 2025

Financial journalist opinion

Based on 25 articles about EXEL published over the past 30 days

Positive
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4 days ago
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Positive
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