Piper Sandler analyst David Westenberg reiterated a Hold rating on Elanco Animal Health (ELAN – Research Report) today and set a price target of $19.00. The company’s shares closed last Friday at $17.00.
Westenberg covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as Exact Sciences, Myriad Genetics, and Zoetis. According to TipRanks, Westenberg has an average return of -0.3% and a 42.07% success rate on recommended stocks.
Elanco Animal Health has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price target consensus of $18.71, a 10.06% upside from current levels. In a report released on May 9, J.P. Morgan also maintained a Hold rating on the stock with a $16.00 price target.
ELAN market cap is currently $8.4B and has a P/E ratio of -6.43.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 44 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is positive on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders buying their shares of ELAN in relation to earlier this year.
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Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) Company Description:
Elanco Animal Health, Inc. engages in the innovation, development, manufacture and market products for companion and food animals. It offers products through the following four categories: Companion Animal Disease Prevention, Companion Animal Therapeutics, Food Animal Future Protein & Health, and Food Animal Ruminants & Swine. The Companion Animal Disease Prevention category engages in the broadest parasiticide portfolios in the companion animal sector based on indications, species and formulations, with products that protect pets from worms, fleas and ticks. The Companion Animal Therapeutics category provides the details of broad pain and osteoarthritis portfolio across species, modes of action, indications and disease stages. The Food Animal Future Protein & Health category includes vaccines, nutritional enzymes and animal-only antibiotics, serves the growing demand for protein and includes innovative products in poultry and aquaculture production, where demand for animal health products is outpacing overall industry growth. It also focuses on developing functional nutritional health products that promote food animal health, including enzymes, probiotics and prebiotics. The Food Animal Ruminants & Swine category develops animal food products used in ruminant and swine production. The company was founded on May 3, 2018 and is headquartered in Greenfield, IN.
