Citi Sticks to Their Buy Rating for Zai Lab (ZLAB)
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Nochomovitz covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as Arcturus Therapeutics, Sarepta Therapeutics, and Zai Lab. According to TipRanks, Nochomovitz has an average return of 5.2% and a 40.00% success rate on recommended stocks.
In addition to Citi, Zai Lab also received a Buy from Jefferies's Michael Yee in a report issued on July 24. However, today, Bank of America Securities reiterated a Hold rating on Zai Lab (NASDAQ: ZLAB).
ZLAB market cap is currently $4.38B and has a P/E ratio of -13.66.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 46 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 ZLAB in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in May 2025, Scott W Morrison, a Director at ZLAB sold 23,799.00 shares for a total of $714,921.96.
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