Why Is Tango Therapeutics (TNGX) Stock Up 117% Today?

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  • Tango Therapeutics (TNGX) stock is rocketing on new price targets.
  • Guggenheim set a price target of $16 per share and Leerink Partners set a target of $20 per share for TNGX.
  • This news follows a strong earnings report from the company earlier this week.
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Tango Therapeutics (NASDAQ:TNGX) stock is soaring higher on Wednesday after getting a couple of updates from analysts covering the shares.

Starting off the updated coverage of TNGX stock today is Guggenheim. Analysts with the firm increased their price target for TNGX stock from $12 per share to $16. That represents a potential 318% upside compared to its prior closing price. For comparison, the analyst consensus price prediction for shares is $15.67 per share.

Next up is Leerink Partners also increasing its price target for TNGX stock. This has its analysts bumping the stock up from $16 per share to $20. That means the stock could rally 422% over the next year compared to its closing price of $3.83 per share on Tuesday.

What’s Behind Bull Stance on TNGX Stock?

The updated analyst coverage for TNGX comes after a positive earnings report on Monday. The biopharmaceutical company posted diluted earnings per share of -23 cents alongside revenue of $14.6 million. For the record, EPS was -28 cents alongside revenue of $5.77 million in the same period of the year prior.

With all of this recent news, shares of TNGX stock are seeing heavy trading on Wednesday. That has some 39 million shares changing hands. To put that in perspective, the company’s daily average trading volume is only about 207,000 shares.

TNGX stock is up 116.7% as of Wednesday morning but only up 12.3% since the start of the year.

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