Anteris Technologies announced that it is offering to sell, subject to market and other conditions, $200M of shares of its common stock through a proposed underwritten public offering. In addition, pursuant to a stock purchase agreement, dated January 20, Anteris has agreed to sell to Medtronic plc in a private placement up to $90M of shares of common stock. Anteris intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with its existing cash and cash equivalents and the net proceeds from the private placement, to support the next stage of growth and advance execution of the company's clinical strategy. This includes ongoing recruitment and study execution of the DurAVR Transcatheter Heart Valve global pivotal trial for patients with severe aortic stenosis and expansion of manufacturing capabilities. In addition, a portion of the proceeds is expected to fund ongoing research and development for v2vmedtech, with the balance allocated to working capital and other general corporate purposes determined from time to time. Barclays, Wells Fargo Securities and Cantor are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.
Wall Street analysts forecast AVR stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for AVR is 19.00 USD with a low forecast of 15.00 USD and a high forecast of 22.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
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Wall Street analysts forecast AVR stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for AVR is 19.00 USD with a low forecast of 15.00 USD and a high forecast of 22.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
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Strong Buy
Current: 5.110
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15.00
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19.00
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22.00
Current: 5.110
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19.00
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About AVR
Anteris Technologies Global Corp. is a structural heart company, which is engaged in providing cardiac care by science-driven and measurable advancements to restore heart valve patients to healthy function. Its lead asset, the DurAVR Transcatheter Heart Valve System (THV) consists of a single-piece, biomimetic valve made with its ADAPT tissue-enhancing technology and deployed with its ComASUR balloon-expandable delivery system. DurAVR THV is a novel transcatheter aortic valve for the treatment of aortic stenosis that is shaped to mimic the performance of a healthy human aortic valve. DurAVR THV’s single-piece design mimics the native anatomy of a human aortic valve, as compared to traditional three-piece aortic valves. The Company’s ADAPT is its proprietary anti-calcification tissue shaping technology that is designed to reengineer xenograft tissue into a pure, single-piece collagen bioscaffold. Its ComASUR delivery system is a physician-developed balloon expandable delivery system.
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Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
