Qiagen N.V. (QGEN) Stock Analysis
Falling Knife setup
Healthcare · Diagnostics & Research
Sell if holding. Momentum 1.0/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $34.05 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Negative momentum; Earnings in 6 days (event risk).
Qiagen N.V. provides sample to insight solutions that transform biological samples into molecular insights worldwide. The company offers sample technology consumables, such as nucleic acid stabilization and purification kits for sample materials, manual and automated processing... Read more
Sell if holding. Momentum 1.0/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $34.05 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Negative momentum; Earnings in 6 days (event risk). Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 20, MACD bearish. Score 5.6/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news boost analyst 0.35, news boost analyst cluster(4), semi cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA) and earnings proximity 6d<=7d. Suitability: moderate.
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Momentum 1.0/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $34.05 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Negative momentum; Earnings in 6 days (event risk). Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 20, MACD bearish. Prior stop was $32.17. Score 5.6/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $42.16 (+23.8% upside). Prior stop was $32.17. Stop-loss: $32.17.
Earnings in 6 days (event risk); Negative momentum; Below 200-MA, MA slope -1.7%/30d (confirmed downtrend).
Qiagen N.V. trades at a P/E of 16.5 (forward 12.5). TrendMatrix value score: 7.7/10. Verdict: Sell.
24 analysts cover QGEN with a consensus score of 3.6/5. Average price target: $48.
What does Qiagen N.V. do?Qiagen N.V. provides sample to insight solutions that transform biological samples into molecular insights worldwide....
Qiagen N.V. provides sample to insight solutions that transform biological samples into molecular insights worldwide. The company offers sample technology consumables, such as nucleic acid stabilization and purification kits for sample materials, manual and automated processing for genotyping, gene expression, and viral and bacterial analysis, as well as silica membranes and magnetic bead technologies; secondary sample technology consumables, including kits and components for purification of nucleic acids; and instruments for nucleic acid purification, quality control, and accessories. It also provides Immune response consumables, such as interferon-gamma release assay for TB testing, and assays for post-transplant testing and viral load monitoring; oncology and sexual and reproductive health consumables, inclsuing assays for prenatal testing and detection of sexually transmitted diseases and HPV; assays for analysis of genomic variants; and sample to insight instruments, including one-step molecular analysis of hard-to-diagnose syndromes, and integrated PCR testing. The company offers research PCR consumables, such as quantitative PCR, reverse transcription, and combinations kits for analysis of gene expression, genotyping and gene regulation, and running on QIAGEN instruments and technologies; human ID/forensics assay consumables comprising short tandem repeat assays for human ID, and assays for food contamination; PCR instruments, including digital PCR and qPCR solutions; and developed and configured enzymes and PCR solutions. It offers NGS gene panels, library prep kits and components, and whole genome amplification; DNA methylation analysis; QIAGEN consumables and instruments; bioinformatics solutions; and sequence-based assays forensic genetic genealog services. it provides software-as-a-service. It serves molecular diagnostics and life sciences sectors. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Venlo, the Netherlands.