TD Cowen Keeps Their Buy Rating on Standard BioTools (LAB)
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The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Standard BioTools with a $2.50 average price target.
The company has a one-year high of $2.41 and a one-year low of $0.92. Currently, Standard BioTools has an average volume of 1.79M.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 40 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of LAB in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in May 2025, Alex Kim Hanjoon, the CFO of LAB sold 1,428.00 shares for a total of $1,342.32.
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