Denali Therapeutics Prices Public Offering at $17.50 per Share, Raising $200 Million
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Source: Globenewswire
Updated: 1 hour ago
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Source: Globenewswire
- Offering Size: Denali Therapeutics announced the pricing of its public offering at $17.50 per share for 9,142,857 shares, expecting to raise approximately $200 million, indicating strong demand in the capital markets for the company.
- Pre-Funded Warrants: The pre-funded warrants offered to certain investors at $17.49 each demonstrate the company's flexibility and innovation in attracting investment, further enhancing its financing capabilities.
- Underwriter Selection: Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and Jefferies are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering, reflecting market confidence and support for Denali, which may enhance the company's reputation in the biotechnology sector.
- Use of Proceeds: The proceeds from this offering will be used to advance Denali's biotherapeutic platform, particularly for treatments targeting neurodegenerative diseases, indicating the company's commitment to long-term growth in this high-potential area.
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Analyst Views on DNLI
Wall Street analysts forecast DNLI stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for DNLI is 31.14 USD with a low forecast of 26.00 USD and a high forecast of 37.00 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.
Wall Street analysts forecast DNLI stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for DNLI is 31.14 USD with a low forecast of 26.00 USD and a high forecast of 37.00 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.
Current: 19.690

Current: 19.690

Outperform
maintain
$30 -> $31
Reason
Wedbush analyst Laura Chico raised the firm's price target on Denali Therapeutics to $31 from $30 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The firm says most notable in the Denali Investor Day event, management indicated the tivi review remains ongoing with its late-cycle meeting wrapped, and key commercial hires are already made. No changes were made to Wedbush's tivi revenue estimates, which continues to assume modest revenue in 2026 and increasing to $433M by FY30.
BofA raised the firm's price target on Denali Therapeutics to $29 from $26 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares after the company hosted an investor day to outline its three-year growth strategy. Following the event, the firm introduced the royalty agreement with Royalty Pharma into its model and adjusted its cost of goods sold estimates based on management commentary, while also increasing its gross pipeline value to $4.5B from $4B.
BofA lowered the firm's price target on Denali Therapeutics to $26 from $27 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The firm made changes to its model following the company's Q3 update, noting that Denali management highlighted that they continue to engage with the FDA on the ongoing biologics license application review of tividefusp alfa for Hunter syndrome following the recent extension with new target action date of April 5, 2026.
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$27 -> $26
Reason
BofA analyst Tazeen Ahmad lowered the firm's price target on Denali Therapeutics to $26 from $27 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The firm updated smid-cap biotech models following the Q3 reports.
About DNLI
Denali Therapeutics Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on developing a broad portfolio of product candidates engineered to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and lysosomal storage diseases. It has developed a technology, called the TransportVehicle (TV), to address the BBB challenge. Its advanced TV-enabled program is tividenofusp alfa (DNL310, ETV:IDS) for the potential treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis II (MPS II or Hunter syndrome). Its TV-enabled clinical development portfolio also includes DNL126 (ETV:SGSH) for MPS IIIA (Sanfilippo syndrome) and DNL593 (PTV:PGRN) for frontotemporal dementia-granulin (FTD-GRN). Its small-molecule clinical development portfolio includes BIIB122/DNL151 (small molecule LRRK2 inhibitor) for Parkinson’s disease; and DNL343 (small molecule eIF2B activator) for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It is also exploring programs in oncology, inflammation, and other diseases.
About the author
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.