SOPHiA GENETICS SA (NASDAQ:SOPH – Get Free Report) President Ross Muken sold 2,786 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $4.84, for a total transaction of $13,484.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the president directly owned 695,311 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,365,305.24. This represents a 0.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.
Ross Muken also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Thursday, April 9th, Ross Muken sold 1,950 shares of SOPHiA GENETICS stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $4.74, for a total transaction of $9,243.00.
- On Tuesday, April 7th, Ross Muken sold 2,424 shares of SOPHiA GENETICS stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $4.87, for a total transaction of $11,804.88.
- On Thursday, March 19th, Ross Muken sold 1,183 shares of SOPHiA GENETICS stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $4.79, for a total transaction of $5,666.57.
SOPHiA GENETICS Stock Performance
SOPH stock opened at $4.70 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.96 and a quick ratio of 1.84. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $4.75 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $4.70. SOPHiA GENETICS SA has a one year low of $2.58 and a one year high of $5.70. The stock has a market cap of $321.90 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.22 and a beta of 1.04.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of equities analysts have commented on the stock. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of SOPHiA GENETICS in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Guggenheim lifted their price objective on shares of SOPHiA GENETICS from $6.00 to $7.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 26th. Finally, BTIG Research reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $7.00 price objective on shares of SOPHiA GENETICS in a research report on Tuesday, March 3rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $7.00.
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Institutional Investors Weigh In On SOPHiA GENETICS
Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Alta Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of SOPHiA GENETICS in the third quarter valued at about $6,708,000. Polen Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of SOPHiA GENETICS in the fourth quarter valued at about $102,000. Susquehanna International Group LLP bought a new stake in shares of SOPHiA GENETICS in the third quarter valued at about $88,000. XTX Topco Ltd bought a new stake in shares of SOPHiA GENETICS in the fourth quarter valued at about $55,000. Finally, Quadrature Capital Ltd bought a new stake in shares of SOPHiA GENETICS in the fourth quarter valued at about $54,000. Institutional investors own 31.59% of the company’s stock.
Key Stories Impacting SOPHiA GENETICS
Here are the key news stories impacting SOPHiA GENETICS this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Large institutional accumulation — UBS, Akre and several other funds materially increased positions in recent quarters, signaling conviction from some large investors which could provide demand support for the stock.
- Positive Sentiment: Analyst upside — Guggenheim and BTIG have issued Buy ratings and target prices around $7, above the current trading level, giving the stock upside on positive research momentum.
- Neutral Sentiment: Multiple executives sold small blocks of shares under pre‑arranged Rule 10b5‑1 plans to cover tax withholding associated with vested awards; these are routine and reduce the informational signal from insider sales. Representative SEC filing for CEO sales. CEO Form 4
- Neutral Sentiment: Additional planned sales by other insiders (CFO, President, CTO and others) were disclosed; most trades are modest relative to executive holdings and were executed under 10b5‑1 plans — still worth monitoring for short‑term supply impact. Example coverage of a recent insider sale. InsiderTrades article
- Negative Sentiment: Short interest increased ~20% in late March to ~255k shares (≈0.4% of float), raising potential downward pressure and the possibility of elevated volatility if shorts add to positions or cover into thin trading days.
- Negative Sentiment: Recent fundamentals remain challenged — SOPH reported an EPS miss in early March and continues to show negative margins and ROE; analysts still model negative EPS for the year, which keeps valuation sensitivity high.
SOPHiA GENETICS Company Profile
SOPHiA GENETICS SA is a data-driven medicine company founded in 2011 and headquartered in La Tène, Switzerland. The firm develops and operates a cloud-native software platform designed to standardize and analyze complex genomic and radiomic data. Its core offering, the SOPHiA DDM™ platform, leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to help healthcare institutions, laboratories and biopharmaceutical partners derive actionable insights from next-generation sequencing and medical imaging datasets.
The SOPHiA DDM™ platform supports a range of clinical applications, including oncology, hereditary diseases and rare genetic disorders.
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