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About

Ascendis Pharma A/S operates in the pharmaceuticals industry within the healthcare sector, focusing on biotechnology activities.

Business. Ascendis Pharma A/S operates in the pharmaceuticals industry within the healthcare sector, focusing on biotechnology activities.

Classification85 %
SectorHealth Care
Industry groupBiotechnology
Generated · model-assisted
Sell-side consensus
BUY18 analysts
18 buy0 hold0 sell
Avg 12m price target295,34

Analyst recommendations

18 analysts · consensus Buy
Buy18
Hold0
Sell0
12-month price target
295,34
Consensus of sell-side coverage.
Upcoming events
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At a glance

Score
not yet scored
Valuation
valuation pending
Analysts
Buy
18 analysts · indicative
Ownership
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.
largest disclosed fund holder
Profitability
not yet wired
Quality
not yet scored

What drives this business

The watch-list the newsroom runs for this company — derived from its sector path, sharpened layer by layer. Not investment advice.

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News & coverage

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  • No recent newsroom coverage mentioning ASND.
  • Sector rotation

    Sector1D1Mvs mkt
    Materials+2,3 %+6,6 %+1,7 %
    Communication Services+2,2 %−5,5 %+1,6 %
    Energy+0,6 %+3,3 %+0,0 %
    Health Care · THIS SECTOR+0,6 %−0,8 %+0,0 %
    Information Technology+0,6 %+6,7 %+0,0 %
    Consumer Discretionary+0,4 %+7,6 %−0,2 %
    Financials−0,3 %−2,8 %−0,9 %
    Consumer Staples−0,4 %+2,5 %−1,0 %
    Real Estate−0,7 %+10,9 %−1,3 %
    Industrials−1,9 %−3,1 %−2,5 %
    Utilities−1,9 %+28,2 %−2,5 %

    Developing storylines

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    Analysis

    AI analysis
    Generated · analysis pipeline · tier hybrid · as of 2026-08-04 ↑ At a glance

    Opportunity

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    Upcoming catalysts

    Scheduled public events. Informational only — not investment advice.

    • Macro
    • Rate decisionBank of England rate decision (press conf.)2026-08-06 · GB
    • Rate decisionReserve Bank of Australia rate decision (press conf.)2026-08-12 · AU
    • Rate decisionNorges Bank rate decision (press conf.)2026-08-20 · NO
    • Rate decisionSveriges Riksbank rate decision (press conf.)2026-09-03 · SE
    • Rate decisionBank of Canada rate decision (press conf.)2026-09-09 · CA
    • Rate decisionEuropean Central Bank rate decision (press conf.)2026-09-10 · EU
    • Macro & political
    • ElectionSE Swedish Election2026-09-14 · SE
    • ElectionUS U.S. Midterms2026-11-03 · US
    • ElectionFR French Legislative2027-06-01 · FR

    Pre-earnings brief

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    Signals & dispatch

    peak dispatch · —

    Composite-score breakdown

    Synthesis

    Business

    Ascendis Pharma A/S operates in the pharmaceuticals industry within the healthcare sector, focusing on biotechnology activities.

    Classification85 %
    SectorHealth Care
    Industry groupBiotechnology
    AI synthesis
    GENERATED

    (a) Capital structure and liquidity details are not available in the current dataset, as balance-sheet inputs are absent. Consequently, liquidity risk cannot be assessed, and no going-concern language is present in the source documents. The company has 61,977,408 basic and diluted shares outstanding.

    (b) Profitability and return metrics are not provided in the valuation snapshot, preventing a comparison against cohort medians or industry benchmarks. The market capitalization is approximately $15.09 billion, with a market price of $243.45.

    (c) Segment and geographic revenue mix data is absent from the input, so no analysis of revenue concentration or regional exposure can be performed.

    (d) Historical revenue and net income trends are not available, precluding an assessment of the company's growth trajectory over the past five years or eight quarters.

    (e) The risk assessment indicates low dilution risk, but liquidity risk remains unknown due to missing financial data. No other key flags are present.

    (f) Recent analyst sentiment is strongly positive, with a mean recommendation of 1.50 (where 1 is strong buy), driven by 9 strong-buy and 9 buy ratings, and zero hold ratings. The mean price target is 295.34 EUR, with a median of 293.50 EUR, a high of 342.00 EUR, and a low of 255.00 EUR. Recent system logs indicate reconciler enqueue events for analysis jobs, but no specific news events or filing observations are detailed.

    Key takeaways
    • Analyst sentiment is overwhelmingly bullish, with a mean recommendation of 1.50 and no hold ratings.
    • The mean price target of 295.34 EUR suggests significant upside potential from the current market price of $243.45.
    • Liquidity risk is unassessed due to the absence of balance-sheet data in the current snapshot.
    • Dilution risk is rated as low, with basic and diluted share counts being identical.
    • No historical financial performance data is available to evaluate growth trends or profitability.

    Bull / Bear case

    analysis pipeline
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    In focus — financials by report

    Valuation

    Market price
    $243,45
    Market cap
    $15.09B
    Enterprise value
    P/E
    Non-GAAP P/E
    EV / Revenue
    EV / Op income
    EV / OCF
    P / B
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    Tangible book
    Net cash
    Current ratio
    Debt / equity
    ROA
    ROE
    Cash conversion
    CapEx / revenue
    SBC / revenue
    Dilution ratio
    0.0%

    Revenue by segment

    Market share

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    Business relationships

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    Supply chain

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    Peer comparison

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    Market position

    Stress test

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    Predictor forecast

    Full fiscal year~1 year ahead
    Full fiscal year · our forecast vs guidance vs consensus
    MetricOur forecastGuidanceConsensus
    EPSno estimateno estimate14,26
    Revenueno estimateno estimate1,3B EUR
    Operating incomeno estimateno estimate322,0M EUR
    Full-year consensus mean (period as reported by source) · consensus in EUR. Company-level full-year forecast and management guidance are not yet modelled at scale — shown as "no estimate", never inferred.
    Corporate eventM&A horizon
    M&A probabilityconf 3 %
    Probability
    3 %
    Base rate
    3 %
    Band
    180-day horizon · target 2027-01-31 · 1,0× base rate
    No acquirer candidates identified by the signal model.
    Probabilistic model output — not investment advice. · generated 2026-08-04

    Options

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    Short squeeze

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    Earnings-call key lines

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    Consensus distribution

    sell-side coverage
    Recommendation distribution20 analysts
    Strong buy10
    Buy10
    Hold0
    Sell0
    Strong sell0
    12-month price target$310,42 · Median $306,00
    Low $262,00High $370,92
    Operating income · consensus322,0M EUR
    EPS surprise
    −126,4 %
    reported vs consensus · miss
    Revenue surprise
    −46,3 %
    reported vs consensus · miss

    Estimate revisions

    consensus EPS · 26-week trend
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    Sell-side observations

    Low$255,00
    Mean$295,34
    Median$293,50
    High$342,00
    Spot$243,45
    +21.3 %implied to mean12-month sell-side price targets · ▲ spot

    Themes

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    ESG

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    Risk factors

    Dilution riskLow
    Liquidity riskUnknown

    Benchmarks vs cohort

    No cohort benchmark data available for this issuer yet.

    Corporate actions / M&A

    M&A probabilityconf —
    Probability
    3 %
    Base rate
    3 %
    Band
    Low
    180-day horizon · target 2027-01-31 · 1,0× base rate
    No acquirer candidates identified by the signal model.
    Corporate actionsNo corporate-action source connected yet — splits, dividends and buyback events are not tracked for this company. Honest-dim (no data fabricated).

    FX exposure

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    Comparable transactions

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    Derivatives & instruments

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    Actions

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    Data sources
    • Reference data
    • Market data cache
    • Issuer disclosures
    • Public news
    • Earnings transcripts
    • Consensus estimates
    • ESG data
    How metrics are computed
    • Market Price
      input from market-data provider (delayed close or quote-shim mid)
    • Dilution Ratio
      (shares_outstanding_diluted - shares_outstanding_basic) / shares_outstanding_basic
    • Market Cap
      market_price * shares_outstanding_diluted
    Source documents
    • Ascendis Pharma A/S Market data — financials · 2026-08-04
    • reconciler_enqueue (reconciler) on ASND.O · 2026-08-04
    • Ascendis Pharma A/S Market data — analyst estimates · 2026-08-04

    Ownership & reference

    Top holders

    • T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,97 %$1M
    • American Century Investment Management, Inc.Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,16 %$320M
    • MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,14 %$426M
    • Principal Global Investors (Equity)Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,11 %$205M
    • Capital Research Global InvestorsInvestment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,11 %$448M
    • FMR LLCInstitutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,05 %$887M
    • T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,04 %$0M
    • AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INCInstitutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,03 %$109M
    • AllianceBernstein L.P.Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,02 %$59M
    • Franklin Advisers, Inc.Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,02 %$70M
    • Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,02 %$130M
    • Arrowstreet Capital, Limited PartnershipInvestment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,01 %$21M
    • Bank of New York Mellon CorpInstitutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,01 %$52M
    • UBS Financial Services, Inc.Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,01 %$47M
    • First Trust Advisors L.P.Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,01 %$7M
    • Victory Capital Management Inc.Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$7M
    • AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INCInstitutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$10M
    • Northern Trust Investments, Inc.Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$10M
    • Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$17M
    • LPL Financial LLCInvestment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$3M
    • PNC Investments LLCInvestment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$2M
    • State Street Investment Management (US)Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$20M
    • Invesco QQQ TrustFunds · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$4M
    • Raymond James & Associates, Inc.Brokerage Firms · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$2M
    • Nuveen LLCInvestment Managers · as of 2024-12-310,00 %$2M
    • Wells Fargo AdvisorsBrokerage Firms · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$3M
    • JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLPInstitutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$1M
    • Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLCInvestment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$4M
    • AQR Capital Management, LLCInvestment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
    • Wellington Management Company, LLPInvestment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$1M
    • BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.Investment Managers · as of 2024-06-300,00 %$5M

    Insider activity

    Net selling7 buys · 1 sellsnet -$4,4M3 insiders · last 365d
    • SMITH SCOTT THOMASEVP & Chief Financial Officer · Ordinary SharesBought 100 @ $219,00$22K · 2026-06-02
    • BIENAIME JEAN JACQUESDirector · Ordinary SharesBought 200 @ $222,30$44K · 2026-05-29
    • BIENAIME JEAN JACQUESDirector · Ordinary SharesBought 200 @ $223,76$45K · 2026-05-29
    • BIENAIME JEAN JACQUESDirector · Ordinary SharesBought 100 @ $223,50$22K · 2026-05-29
    • SMITH SCOTT THOMASEVP & Chief Financial Officer · Ordinary SharesBought 250 @ $223,32$56K · 2026-05-29
    • BIENAIME JEAN JACQUESDirector · Ordinary SharesBought 200 @ $239,37$48K · 2026-05-26
    • BIENAIME JEAN JACQUESDirector · Ordinary SharesBought 200 @ $236,24$47K · 2026-05-26
    • JENSEN FLEMMING STEENSee Remarks · Ordinary SharesSold 19 460 @ $238,49$4,6M · 2026-05-11

    Short positioning

    3.1Mshares short-5.3% vs prior
    5.61days to cover
    59.5%short of daily vol
    10.0Kfails-to-deliver
    as of 2026-07-15 · short-interest report (free)

    Geographic breakdown

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    Listings · one canonical issuer all listings resolve to the canonical
    ASND.OCanonical
    NASDAQ · USD

    Intel & risk

    PredictorM&A prob3 %Full forecast →
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    OSINT findings
    Dilution riskLow
    Liquidity riskUnknown

    Evidence & claims

    From filings & derived data
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    The Thread

    Everything we know, in order
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    Sources filings · IR · transcripts · market data · tier hybrid · as of 2026-08-04 Reference data · Issuer disclosures · Public news · Earnings transcripts · Consensus estimates · ESG data Premium coverage