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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
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
10 analyst ratings
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









