Heads-Up Spark Therapeutics Investors: 4 Wall Street Firms Are Now Bullish

Spark Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ONCE), a small-cap gene therapy developer that went public on January 30, is up more than 1.3 percent on Tuesday morning, after several major Wall Street research firms initiated coverage with positive ratings.

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Roth Capital assumed coverage with a Buy rating and a $71 price target.

Cowen & Company gave the stock an Outperform rating accompanied by a $65 price target.

Credit Suisse also issued an Outperform rating, and set its price target at $76.

Finally, JP Morgan initiated coverage with an Overweight rating and a $74 price target.

About Spark Therapeutics

Spark Therapeutics is a $1.36 billion market cap company that focuses on developing (one-time, life-altering) gene therapy products for patients suffering from debilitating genetic diseases. It addresses a range of debilitating genetic diseases including inherited retinal dystrophies, hematologic disorders and neurodegenerative diseases.

Latest Ratings for ONCE

Feb 2015

Credit Suisse

Initiates Coverage on

Outperform

Feb 2015

JP Morgan

Initiates Coverage on

Overweight

Feb 2015

Cowen & Company

Initiates Coverage on

Outperform

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