<div id="readability-page-1"><p>Galapagos NV (NASDAQ:GLPG - Get Free Report) has been given an average recommendation of &#34;Reduce&#34; by the nine research firms that are presently  covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, two have assigned  a hold recommendation, one  has issued  a buy recommendation and one  has issued  a strong buy recommendation on  the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $31.3333.</p><p>Several equities research analysts recently commented on GLPG shares. Leerink Partners  set a $40.00 price objective on Galapagos and gave the company an &#34;outperform&#34; rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 21st. Wall Street Zen raised Galapagos from a &#34;sell&#34; rating to a &#34;hold&#34; rating in a research report on Sunday, November 23rd. Weiss Ratings  reaffirmed a &#34;sell (d)&#34; rating on shares of Galapagos in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Leerink Partnrs upgraded shares of Galapagos from a &#34;hold&#34; rating to a &#34;strong-buy&#34; rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of Galapagos from $28.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a &#34;sector perform&#34; rating in a report on Friday, November 7th.</p><p><b>View Our Latest Report on Galapagos</b></p><h2>Hedge Funds Weigh In On Galapagos</h2><p>Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. State of Wyoming purchased a new position in shares of  Galapagos in the 2nd quarter worth $28,000.  GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in  Galapagos by 79.4% in the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,473 shares of the biotechnology company's stock valued at $51,000 after acquiring an additional 652 shares during the period.  Quadrant Capital Group LLC purchased a new position in  Galapagos in the third quarter worth about $134,000.  Squarepoint Ops LLC bought a new stake in shares of  Galapagos during the 3rd quarter valued at about $211,000.  Finally, Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of  Galapagos during the 3rd quarter valued at about $212,000. 32.46% of the stock is owned by institutional investors. </p><h2>Galapagos Stock Up 1.3%</h2><p>Shares of NASDAQ GLPG opened at $31.77 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $2.09 billion, a P/E ratio of -20.24 and a beta of 0.18. Galapagos has a twelve month low of $22.36 and a twelve month high of $37.78. The company has a 50 day moving average of $32.45 and a 200 day moving average of $31.29. </p><h2>Galapagos Company Profile</h2> (Get Free Report)<p>Galapagos NV, a biotechnology company, develops medicines focusing on oncology and immunology primarily in the United States and Europe. The company's pipeline products comprise GLPG3667 that has completed phase 1b trial; GLPG5101, a CD19 CAR-T product candidate manufactured at point-of-care, currently in Phase1/2 trial in relapsed/refractory non-hodgkin lymphoma; GLPG5201, a CD19 CAR-T product candidates manufactured at point-of-care, currently in phase 1/2 trial in replapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia; and GLPG5301, a BCMA CAR-T product candidate manufactured at point-of-care, currently in phase 1/2 in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.</p><h2>Featured Articles</h2><ul><li>Five stocks we like better than Galapagos</li><li>How to Know if a Stock Pays Dividends and When They Are Paid Out</li><li>3 Stocks Poised to Benefit From Google’s AI Breakthough</li><li>Do ETFs Pay Dividends? 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GLPG

<p>Galapagos NV (NASDAQ:GLPG) has received an average recommendation of "Reduce" from nine research firms, with five analysts rating it as a sell, two as hold, one as buy, and one as strong buy. The average twelve-month price target is $31.33. Recent analyst ratings include outperform, hold, sell, and strong-buy. Institutional investors own 32.46% of the stock. The company's stock is currently trading at $31.77.</p>

Galapagos NV (NASDAQ:GLPG) Given Consensus Rating of "Reduce" by Analysts