bluebird bio - BLUE Stock Price Target and Predictions

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Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $5.87
Forecasted Upside: 475.49%
Number of Analysts: 12
Breakdown:
1 Sell Ratings
6 Hold Ratings
5 Buy Ratings
0 Strong Buy Ratings

^$1.02 As of 04/19/2024 01:00 AM ET

▲ +0.07 (7.37%)

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Analyst Price Target for BLUE

^$5.87

▲ +475.49% Upside Potential

This price target is based on 12 analysts offering 12 month price targets for bluebird bio in the last 3 months. The average price target is $5.87, with a high forecast of $13.00 and a low forecast of $1.02. The average price target represents a 475.49% upside from the last price of $1.02.

Current Consensus is Hold

The current consensus among 12 investment analysts is to hold stock in bluebird bio. This Hold consensus rating has held steady for over two years.

Past Monthly Recommendations

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0 strong buy ratings
5 buy ratings
6 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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10/27/2022

0 strong buy ratings
5 buy ratings
6 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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1/25/2023

0 strong buy ratings
5 buy ratings
6 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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4/25/2023

0 strong buy ratings
5 buy ratings
6 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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7/24/2023

0 strong buy ratings
5 buy ratings
6 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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10/22/2023

0 strong buy ratings
5 buy ratings
6 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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1/20/2024

0 strong buy ratings
5 buy ratings
6 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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3/20/2024

0 strong buy ratings
5 buy ratings
6 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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4/19/2024

Latest Recommendations

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Date	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Impact on Share Price
3/27/2024	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$6.00	Low
3/27/2024	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$4.00 ➝ $3.00	Low
3/19/2024	Wedbush	Lower Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$1.72 ➝ $1.68	Low
3/5/2024	HSBC	Lower Target	Reduce ➝ Reduce	$2.31 ➝ $1.02	Low
1/9/2024	William Blair	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform		Low
1/8/2024	Wedbush	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$3.00	Low
12/21/2023	Bank of America	Lower Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$12.00 ➝ $5.00	Low
12/15/2023	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$8.00 ➝ $5.00	Low
12/12/2023	Robert W. Baird	Lower Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$10.00 ➝ $7.00	Low
12/11/2023	HSBC	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Reduce		Low
12/11/2023	Bank of America	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$11.00 ➝ $12.00	Low
12/8/2023	Morgan Stanley	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Equal Weight	$3.00 ➝ $7.00	Low
11/8/2023	Raymond James	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$10.00 ➝ $13.00	Low
11/7/2023	Wedbush	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$7.00 ➝ $5.00	Low
10/30/2023	Wedbush	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$7.00	Low
10/17/2023	Cantor Fitzgerald	Initiated Coverage	Neutral		Low
9/6/2023	HSBC	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$4.21	Low
8/8/2023	Wedbush	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$7.00	Low
7/19/2023	Bank of America	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$6.00 ➝ $10.00	Low
6/1/2023	Barclays	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$7.00 ➝ $8.00	Low
4/28/2023	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$7.00	Low
4/3/2023	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Underweight	$4.00 ➝ $3.00	Low
3/30/2023	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform	$8.00	Low
3/30/2023	Bank of America	Lower Target	Neutral	$8.00 ➝ $6.00	Low
3/22/2023	William Blair	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform		Low
3/6/2023	Robert W. Baird	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$10.00	Low
1/24/2023	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Underweight	$3.00 ➝ $4.00	Low
1/23/2023	SVB Leerink	Lower Target	Market Perform	$9.00 ➝ $8.00	Low
1/6/2023	SVB Leerink	Boost Target	Market Perform	$8.00 ➝ $9.00	Low
11/8/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Target	Sector Perform	$8.00	Low
9/20/2022	Raymond James	Boost Target	Outperform	$8.00 ➝ $10.00	Low
8/19/2022	The Goldman Sachs Group	Boost Target	Sell	$2.00 ➝ $3.00	Low
8/18/2022	SVB Leerink	Boost Target	Market Perform	$8.00 ➝ $10.00	Low
8/5/2022	Barclays	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Equal Weight	$3.00 ➝ $5.00	Low
8/2/2022	Raymond James	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$8.00	Low
5/17/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Underweight	$3.00	Medium
5/10/2022	Wedbush	Lower Target	Neutral	$10.00 ➝ $8.00	High
5/10/2022	Barclays	Lower Target		$4.00 ➝ $3.00	High
4/6/2022	SVB Leerink	Lower Target	Market Perform	$10.00 ➝ $8.00	Medium
4/6/2022	Cowen	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform		Medium
3/8/2022	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$12.00 ➝ $8.00	High
3/7/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Underweight	$6.00 ➝ $5.00	Medium
3/7/2022	SVB Leerink	Lower Target	Market Perform	$11.00 ➝ $10.00	Low
3/7/2022	Barclays	Downgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Underweight	$13.00 ➝ $4.00	Low
1/6/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Underweight	$11.00 ➝ $10.00	Medium
1/3/2022	The Goldman Sachs Group	Upgrade	Buy ➝ Conviction-Buy		Low
12/23/2021	SVB Leerink	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low
11/12/2021	Berenberg Bank	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$11.00	Medium
11/12/2021	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Target	Market Perform	$21.00 ➝ $13.00	Low
11/8/2021	Wedbush	Lower Target	Neutral	$22.00 ➝ $11.00	High
11/8/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Target	Neutral ➝ Sector Perform	$26.00 ➝ $14.00	High
11/8/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$25.00 ➝ $16.00	High
11/8/2021	Barclays	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$20.00 ➝ $13.00	High
11/8/2021	The Goldman Sachs Group	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Sell	$23.00 ➝ $10.00	High
11/8/2021	Morgan Stanley	Downgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Underweight	$11.00	High
9/22/2021	Mizuho	Lower Target	Buy	$29.00 ➝ $23.00	High
8/10/2021	William Blair	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform		Medium
8/10/2021	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Target	Market Perform	$29.00 ➝ $21.00	High
8/10/2021	Bank of America	Lower Target	Neutral	$41.00 ➝ $22.00	High
8/10/2021	Mizuho	Lower Target	Buy	$70.00 ➝ $29.00	High
8/10/2021	The Goldman Sachs Group	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$63.00 ➝ $23.00	High
8/10/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$60.00 ➝ $25.00	High
8/9/2021	Stifel Nicolaus	Lower Target	Hold	$31.00 ➝ $18.00	High
8/9/2021	SVB Leerink	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$64.00 ➝ $20.00	High
8/1/2021	SVB Leerink	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
7/16/2021	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$36.00 ➝ $35.00	High
7/1/2021	Berenberg Bank	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$35.00	Low
6/15/2021	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Medium
6/10/2021	SVB Leerink	Initiated Coverage	Buy		Medium
4/21/2021	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Target	Market Perform	$35.00 ➝ $31.00	Medium
4/19/2021	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$45.00 ➝ $36.00	Medium
3/29/2021	Piper Sandler	Boost Target		$30.00 ➝ $35.00	High
3/29/2021	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy		High
3/29/2021	SVB Leerink	Boost Target	Outperform	$69.00 ➝ $72.00	N/A
3/29/2021	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Market Perform	$31.00 ➝ $35.00	High
3/28/2021	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Hold		High
3/14/2021	SVB Leerink	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Medium
3/10/2021	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target		$26.00 ➝ $31.00	Medium
3/10/2021	Mizuho	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$34.00 ➝ $69.00	High
3/2/2021	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$50.00 ➝ $45.00	Medium
2/24/2021	Barclays	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$31.00 ➝ $27.00	Medium
2/17/2021	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Market Perform	$36.00 ➝ $56.00	Low
2/17/2021	Stifel Nicolaus	Lower Target	Hold	$48.00 ➝ $35.00	Low
2/17/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Sector Perform		Low
2/17/2021	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Neutral	$76.00 ➝ $39.00	Low
2/16/2021	Oppenheimer	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform		Low
2/16/2021	Bank of America	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral		Low
2/16/2021	Wedbush	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Neutral		Low
2/16/2021	Mizuho	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral		Low
2/16/2021	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Neutral	$55.00 ➝ $35.00	Low
2/16/2021	William Blair	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform		Low
12/9/2020	Maxim Group	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold		High
12/7/2020	Mizuho	Reiterated Rating	Buy		High
11/11/2020	Berenberg Bank	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$64.00	Low
11/11/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$68.00 ➝ $50.00	Low
11/6/2020	Wedbush	Lower Target	Outperform	$81.00 ➝ $73.00	Medium
11/5/2020	Stifel Nicolaus	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$77.00 ➝ $51.00	Medium
11/5/2020	Barclays	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight		High
11/5/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Lower Target	Overweight	$140.00 ➝ $76.00	High
11/5/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Overweight	$94.00 ➝ $81.00	High
11/5/2020	SVB Leerink	Lower Target	Outperform	$133.00 ➝ $99.00	High
11/5/2020	Bank of America	Lower Target	Buy	$100.00 ➝ $81.00	High
11/5/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Target	Outperform	$100.00 ➝ $93.00	High
11/5/2020	Oppenheimer	Lower Target	Outperform	$111.00 ➝ $90.00	High
11/5/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$108.00 ➝ $56.00	High
11/4/2020	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Neutral	$70.00 ➝ $55.00	High
11/2/2020	William Blair	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform		Medium
10/19/2020	Mizuho	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$123.00	Medium
8/31/2020	Oppenheimer	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$111.00	High
8/30/2020	William Blair	Reiterated Rating	Hold		High
8/19/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Medium
8/10/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$73.00 ➝ $68.00	Medium
8/6/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Target	Outperform	$112.00 ➝ $108.00	High
8/6/2020	Wedbush	Lower Target	Outperform	$89.00 ➝ $81.00	Medium
7/29/2020	Oppenheimer	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$111.00	High
7/13/2020	Bank of America	Lower Target	Buy	$104.00 ➝ $100.00	High
6/12/2020	SVB Leerink	Boost Target	Outperform	$129.00 ➝ $133.00	Medium
6/1/2020	Oppenheimer	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$111.00	Low
5/28/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$69.00 ➝ $73.00	Medium
5/28/2020	SVB Leerink	Boost Target	Outperform	$125.00 ➝ $129.00	Low
5/17/2020	Oppenheimer	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$111.00	Medium
5/13/2020	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Buy		High
5/12/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$100.00	High
5/12/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$107.00 ➝ $112.00	High
5/11/2020	Oppenheimer	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$122.00 ➝ $111.00	High
5/11/2020	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Neutral	$75.00 ➝ $70.00	High
4/15/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$92.00 ➝ $69.00	Low
3/27/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Target	Outperform	$132.00 ➝ $107.00	Low
3/27/2020	William Blair	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Medium
3/26/2020	Stifel Nicolaus	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$94.00 ➝ $70.00	Low
3/26/2020	Piper Sandler	Lower Target		$85.00 ➝ $75.00	Low
3/26/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Medium
2/26/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$100.00 ➝ $92.00	Low
2/20/2020	Oppenheimer	Lower Target		$135.00 ➝ $128.00	Low
2/19/2020	Raymond James	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Market Perform		High
2/19/2020	Stifel Nicolaus	Lower Target	Hold	$96.00 ➝ $94.00	High
2/3/2020	Bank of America	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$120.00	High
2/3/2020	Evercore ISI	Upgrade	In-Line ➝ Outperform	$86.00 ➝ $100.00	High
1/19/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Medium
12/12/2019	Oppenheimer	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$135.00	High
12/10/2019	William Blair	Reiterated Rating	Hold		High
12/9/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Overweight	$242.00 ➝ $160.00	High
12/6/2019	Cowen	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
11/27/2019	Evercore ISI	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ In-Line		Medium
11/26/2019	SVB Leerink	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$119.00	Low
11/21/2019	Cowen	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Medium
11/4/2019	Wedbush	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform	$131.00 ➝ $124.00	High
11/1/2019	Stifel Nicolaus	Set Target	Hold	$96.00	Low
11/1/2019	Morgan Stanley	Set Target	Hold	$104.00 ➝ $100.00	Low
11/1/2019	Maxim Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$130.00	Low
10/11/2019	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$136.00 ➝ $104.00	Medium
10/9/2019	Stifel Nicolaus	Reiterated Rating	Hold		N/A
9/30/2019	Stifel Nicolaus	Initiated Coverage	Hold	$109.00	High
9/18/2019	William Blair	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low
8/12/2019	William Blair	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform		High
8/6/2019	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$143.00 ➝ $136.00	Medium
7/19/2019	Gabelli	Reiterated Rating	Buy		N/A
6/18/2019	Maxim Group	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$160.00	High
6/17/2019	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Target	Outperform	$191.00 ➝ $163.00	Low
6/14/2019	Piper Sandler Companies	Set Target	Hold	$120.00	Low
6/13/2019	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$195.00	High
5/17/2019	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Set Target	Buy	$195.00	Medium
5/16/2019	SunTrust Banks	Lower Target	Buy	$174.00	Medium
5/15/2019	Wedbush	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$166.00 ➝ $131.00	Medium
5/3/2019	BMO Capital Markets	Set Target	Buy	$191.00	High
5/3/2019	William Blair	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Medium
4/23/2019	William Blair	Reiterated Rating	Outperform		Low

(Data available from 4/19/2019 forward)

News Sentiment Rating

0.33 (Hold)

Our news sentiment rating is based on the average sentiment of articles about this company published in the media in the last 30 days of headlines and can range from 2 (very positive sentiment) to -2 (very negative sentiment).

News Sentiment Over Time

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6 very positive mentions
5 positive mentions
2 negative mentions
0 very negative mentions

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9/22/2023

3 very positive mentions
2 positive mentions
0 negative mentions
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10/22/2023

5 very positive mentions
21 positive mentions
3 negative mentions
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11/21/2023

8 very positive mentions
22 positive mentions
2 negative mentions
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12/21/2023

10 very positive mentions
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2 negative mentions
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1/20/2024

2 very positive mentions
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2/19/2024

10 very positive mentions
17 positive mentions
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3/20/2024

16 very positive mentions
53 positive mentions
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4/19/2024

Current Sentiment

Recent Stories by Sentiment

bluebird bio, Inc., a biotechnology company, researches, develops, and commercializes gene therapies for severe genetic diseases. Its product candidates for severe genetic diseases include ZYNTEGLO (betibeglogene autotemcel) for the treatment of transfusion-dependent ß-thalassemia; lovotibeglogene autotemcel for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD); and SKYSONA (elivaldogene autotemcel) to treat cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy. The company's clinical development programs include HGB-205, HGB-206, and HGB-210 to evaluate the safety and efficacy of lovo-cel in the treatment of patients with SCD; and HGB-204, HGB-205, HGB-207, and HGB-212 to evaluate the safety and efficacy of beti-cel in the treatment of patients with ß-thalassemia. It has license agreement with Orchard Therapeutics Limited. The company was formerly known as Genetix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and changed its name to bluebird bio, Inc. in September 2010. bluebird bio, Inc. was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Today's Range

Now: $1.02

$0.94

$1.03

50 Day Range

MA: $1.27

$0.95

$1.75

52 Week Range

Now: $1.02

$0.88

$5.53

Volume

8,173,243 shs

Average Volume

8,951,007 shs

Market Capitalization

$111.53 million

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

N/A

Beta

0.74

Frequently Asked Questions

What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of bluebird bio?: The following Wall Street sell-side analysts have issued stock ratings on bluebird bio in the last twelve months: Bank of America Co., Barclays PLC, Cantor Fitzgerald, HSBC Holdings plc, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, Raymond James, Robert W. Baird, Royal Bank of Canada, StockNews.com, Wedbush, Wells Fargo & Company, and William Blair.
View the latest analyst ratings for BLUE.
What is the current price target for bluebird bio?: 10 Wall Street analysts have set twelve-month price targets for bluebird bio in the last year. Their average twelve-month price target is $5.87, suggesting a possible upside of 503.4%. Raymond James has the highest price target set, predicting BLUE will reach $13.00 in the next twelve months. HSBC Holdings plc has the lowest price target set, forecasting a price of $1.02 for bluebird bio in the next year.
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What is the current consensus analyst rating for bluebird bio?: bluebird bio currently has 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. The stock has a consensus analyst rating of "Hold." A "hold" rating indicates that analysts believe investors should keep any existing positions they have in BLUE, but not buy more shares or sell existing shares.
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What other companies compete with bluebird bio?: Other companies that are similar to bluebird bio include aTyr Pharma, Vigil Neuroscience, Outlook Therapeutics, Cardiol Therapeutics and Sangamo Therapeutics. Learn More about companies similar to bluebird bio.
How do I contact bluebird bio's investor relations team?: bluebird bio's physical mailing address is 60 BINNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA, 02142. The biotechnology company's listed phone number is (339) 499-9300 and its investor relations email address is [email protected]. The official website for bluebird bio is www.bluebirdbio.com. Learn More about contacing bluebird bio investor relations.

bluebird bio - BLUE Stock Price Target and Predictions

Analyst Price Target for BLUE

Current Consensus is Hold

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News Sentiment Rating

0.33 (Hold)

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What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of bluebird bio?

What is the current price target for bluebird bio?

What is the current consensus analyst rating for bluebird bio?

What other companies compete with bluebird bio?

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