On August 29, 2012, shares of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: KERX),
a company focused on pharmaceutical products for patients with renal
disease, closed for the day's session at $2.06. Exactly two years
later, on August 29, 2014, the same stock closed at $18.19.
That's right. Investors made a 780% profit over their original position, and it looked like the price per share (PPS) was destined to climb considerably higher.
In fact, analysts had set their average first-year target for the
stock at about $23. And there was every reason to believe KERX would
reach and break through that target after the FDA approved it for marketing in the United States on its PDUFA date, set for September 7. (more)
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