Docebo Analyst Starts Coverage Optimistically; Check Out the Top 3 Initiations for Wednesday
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Source: Benzinga
Updated: Nov 05 2025
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Source: Benzinga
Analyst Coverage Initiations: Oppenheimer's Ken Wong initiated coverage on Docebo Inc. (DCBO) with an Outperform rating and a price target of $35, while shares closed at $24.61.
Ascentage Pharma Rating: Piper Sandler's Biren Amin initiated coverage on Ascentage Pharma Group (AAPG) with an Overweight rating and a price target of $48, with shares closing at $33.25.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Rating: B. Riley Securities' Madison El-Saadi initiated coverage on Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (VNDA) with a Buy rating and a price target of $11, while shares closed at $4.35.
Market Overview: The article provides a snapshot of various stocks and their recent performance, highlighting analyst opinions and price targets for potential investors.
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Analyst Views on AAPG
Wall Street analysts forecast AAPG stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for AAPG is 49.00 USD with a low forecast of 47.00 USD and a high forecast of 51.00 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 AAPG stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for AAPG is 49.00 USD with a low forecast of 47.00 USD and a high forecast of 51.00 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: 30.700

Current: 30.700

Oppenheimer
Matthew Biegler
Outperform
initiated
$45
Reason
Oppenheimer
Matthew Biegler
Oppenheimer analyst Matthew Biegler initiated coverage of Ascentage Pharma with an Outperform rating and $45 price target. The firm believes Ascentage has the potential to become the next BeOne. To get there, they're taking a page from BeOne's playbook. Better drugs, focusing on chronic blood cancers with large TAMs, Oppenheimer argues, adding that olverembatinib looks like a best-in-class BCR-ABL inhibitor. Separately, Ascentage's BCL-2 inhibitor lisaftoclax is taking aim at BeOne's biggest market: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. The firm believes lisaftoclax' tolerability could enable it to make inroads into an indication where other BCL-2 inhibitors have failed, namely Myelodysplastic syndrome.
Truist analyst Gregory Renza initiated coverage of Ascentage Pharma with a Buy rating and $51 price target. The company's Lisaftoclax is differentiated by improved tolerability and accelerated 5-day dose ramp-up, which is clinically meaningful, according to key opinion leaders, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Growth in China depends on the NRDL inclusion by the end of 2027, and the firm views GLORA's readout 2025-end or 2026E as key to supporting U.S. expansion in second-line CLL/SLL, or chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma, the firm added.
BTIG initiated coverage of Ascentage Pharma with a Buy rating and $50 price target. The firm says Ascentage has a "validated" apoptosis-targeted platform and two late-stage assets, Olverembatinib and Lisaftoclax, to drive sustained commercial growth and valuation upside. BTIG views Ascentage as one of the "most compelling" China-based biopharma stocks. The company is positioned to for "sustainable global relevance" as it transitions from clinical-stage to commercial-scale, the analyst tells investors in a research note.
Overweight
initiated
$48
Reason
Piper Sandler analyst Biren Amin initiated coverage of Ascentage Pharma with an Overweight rating and $48 price target. The company's two approved assets in China are now under evaluation in the U.S., the analyst tells investors in a research note. Piper projects $1.9B and $1B in peak risk-adjusted global revenues for olverembatinib and lisaftoclax, respectively.
About AAPG
Ascentage Pharma Group International is an investment holding company primarily engaged in the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapies for hematologic malignancies. The Company's main products include Olverembatinib (HQP1351), Lisaftoclax (APG-2575), Alrizomadlin (APG-115), Pelcitoclax (APG-1252), APG-5918, and APG-2449. The Company's products are primarily used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and multiple myeloma (MM). The Company primarily conducts its businesses in domestic market.
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.