TD Cowen Reaffirms Their Buy Rating on Humacyte (HUMA)
TD Cowen analyst Josh Jennings maintained a Buy rating on Humacyte (HUMA – Research Report) today. The company's shares opened today at $2.66.
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According to TipRanks, Jennings is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 4.6% and a 52.11% success rate. Jennings covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as Abbott Laboratories, Medtronic, and Establishment Labs Holdings.
Humacyte has an analyst consensus of Strong Buy, with a price target consensus of $11.20.
Based on Humacyte's latest earnings release for the quarter ending March 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $517 thousand and a net profit of $39.14 million. In comparison, last year the company had a GAAP net loss of $31.9 million
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 26 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 HUMA in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in April 2025, William John Scheessele, the CCO of HUMA bought 6,493.00 shares for a total of $9,999.22.
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