NASDAQ: CDNA

CareDx (CDNA) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Oct 12 close

$63.12−0.55 (−0.9%)

Gekko Brief

AI summaryOct 12 close

This week's news on CareDx is dominated by routine filings: several Form 4 disclosures covering insider share withholdings by CEO John Walter, General Counsel Jeffrey Adam Novack, and Chief Commercial Officer Jessica Meng, each tied to tax obligations on RSU vesting at $66.23 per share, along with a routine quarterly stock grant to director Michael Goldberg in place of cash compensation. One item describes institutional trading sentiment analysis flagging an overweight bias across timeframes for CDNA. No results, guidance, deal or regulatory news appears in this stretch.

CDNA closed at $63.12, down 0.9% on the day, sitting above both its 50-day average of $53.44 and its 200-day average of $30.10, with the shorter average above the longer one. The GekkoIndex reads 53.3, placing the stock in the Neutral zone, up 11.5 over the past five readings. Price stands 14.6% above the Gekko Fair Value of $55.06. Over the past year the stock has returned 328.5%, including a 25.6% gain over the past month.

CareDx next reports earnings on 3 November 2026 after the close, 22 days away and inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; its last report showed EPS of $0.17 against an estimate of $0.06, with a 23.4% reaction, and it has beaten estimates in 8 of its last 8 quarters. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the current windows. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a -7.7% return over 5 years, rising in 2 of them. Six analysts cover the stock, split 3 buy and 3 hold, with a consensus target of $58.83.

Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.

CareDx price vs fair value

$63.12$55.06Oct ’25Apr ’26Oct ’26
Close $63.12200-day averageGekko Fair Value $55.06

CareDx quick facts

Market cap
$3.27B
P/E ratio
30.7
Forward P/E
156.3
EPS, TTM
$2.08
Revenue, TTM
$458.1M
Profit margin
24.2%
Dividend yield
—
Beta
2.38
Volume
898,940 avg 1.49M
1-year return
+328.5%
Typical daily move
±6.5%
Typical 20-day move
±13.2%
50-day average
$53.44
200-day average
$30.10
Next earnings
Nov 3 after close
Shares outstanding
51.73M
52-week range
$13.95$72.51

CareDx swing-trade checklist

CareDx scores 1 supportive, 1 mixed and 3 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

1 supportive1 mixed3 headwinds

  • Trendsupportive

    Above 50 and 200-day

    Close $63.12 is above the 50-day ($53.44) and 200-day ($30.10) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.

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  • GekkoIndexmixed

    53.3, Neutral

    Reading 53.3 is in the Neutral zone.

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  • Fair valueheadwind

    14.6% above

    Price is 14.6% above Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% above).

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  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

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  • Earnings riskheadwind

    Reports in 22 days

    Reports on Nov 3, 2026, 22 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

    See earnings
  • Seasonalityheadwind

    −7.7% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −7.7% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.

    See seasonality

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CareDx stock chart and price history

CareDx closed at $63.12 on Oct 12, 2026, +328.5% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $13.95 to $72.51.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
CareDx share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$20$40NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct63.12

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
+25.6%
3 months
+118.2%
6 months
+275.0%
1 year
+328.5%
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About CareDx

CareDx develops diagnostic and monitoring tools for people who have received organ transplants, along with the clinicians who care for them. Its testing menu centers on donor-derived cell-free DNA analysis, sold under the AlloSure name for kidney, heart and lung transplants, alongside AlloMap Heart, a gene-expression test for heart recipients, and AlloSeq cfDNA for broader blood-based surveillance. The company is also known for HLA typing products such as TruSight HLA, Olerup SSP, QTYPE and AlloSeq Tx, plus AlloSeq HCT for chimerism testing in stem cell transplant patients.

Beyond laboratory testing, CareDx builds software for transplant programs, including Ottr for patient management, XynQAPI for quality and waitlist tracking, and AlloCare, an app aimed at transplant patients themselves. Products reach customers directly and through third-party distributors and sub-distributors. The company has a licensing arrangement with Illumina covering next-generation sequencing products, and it works with Cibiltech SAS to commercialize iBox, a tool for predicting kidney allograft loss after transplant.

CareDx was founded in 1998 under the name XDx, Inc., later adopting its current name in 2014. It is headquartered in South San Francisco, California, and its shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker CDNA.

Listed
NASDAQ
Sector
Health technology
Industry
Medical specialties
Website
caredx.com

CareDx GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

CareDx’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 53.3, in the Neutral zone, up 11.5 points over five sessions.

010053.3Neutral

Up 11.5 points over five sessions, from the Distribution zone.

Reading for Oct 12, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying23+2.4%+4.3%+16.0%+19.8%
Accumulation195+1.5%+3.2%+7.6%+10.7%
Neutral (current zone)408+1.8%+3.6%+6.7%+24.1%
Distribution55+4.4%+9.8%+19.9%+38.8%
Selling1Too few readings yet

Average CDNA share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

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Is CareDx stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

CareDx trades 14.6% above Gekko Fair Value of $55.06, so the shares are overvalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what CareDx shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$55.06

Gekko Fair Value, Oct 9, 2026

14.6% Overvalued

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CareDx insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for CareDx, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for CDNA in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in CDNA were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Buybacks

CareDx has been buying back its own shares.

Latest authorization
$100.0M, Apr 28, 2026
Bought back, quarter ended Dec 31, 2025
$12.21M
As a share of market cap
0.37%

From company filings.

CareDx earnings: next date and track record

CareDx reports on Nov 3, 2026, after the close (22 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.

8 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±8.4%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

+1.1%Nov ’24+0.8%Feb ’25−16.9%Apr ’25−6.1%Aug ’25+11.9%Nov ’25−1.8%Feb ’26−4.8%Apr ’26+23.4%Jul ’26

Last earnings call, Jul 30, 2026 AI summary

What they said
CareDx reported Q2 2026 results highlighting completion of its transformation into a precision medicine diagnostics company. Key pipeline updates include AlloHeme clinical validation manuscript submitted for peer review, showing 41-day lead time in predicting relapse versus standard of care, with CLIA readiness on track for 2027 commercial launch. HistoMap Kidney advances with new University of Wisconsin data published in Transplantation journal. Strategic acquisition of NavDx integrates specialty oncology expansion.
Guidance
AlloHeme commercial launch planned for 2027, pending CLIA readiness completion before year-end. Management targeting reimbursement submissions to private and Medicare payers following clinical publication milestone. No specific revenue or earnings targets disclosed in this excerpt.
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Jul 30, 2026$0.17
est $0.06
+183.3%$131.9M
est $114.1M
+15.7%+23.4%
Apr 28, 2026$0.34
est $0.13
+161.5%$117.7M
est $102.0M
+15.4%−4.8%
Feb 24, 2026$0.12
est −$0.01
+1,300.0%$108.4M
est $103.3M
+5.0%−1.8%
Nov 4, 2025$0.28
est −$0.08
+450.0%$100.1M
est $102.8M
−2.6%+11.9%
Aug 6, 2025$0.10
est −$0.10
+200.0%$86.68M
est $95.25M
−9.0%−6.1%
Apr 30, 2025$0.10
est $0.07
+46.4%$84.69M
est $84.54M
+0.2%−16.9%
Feb 26, 2025$0.18
est $0.15
+22.0%$86.58M
est $84.56M
+2.4%+0.8%
Nov 4, 2024$0.14
est $0.01
+1,300.0%$82.88M
est $82.16M
+0.9%+1.1%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

CareDx stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for CareDx is $58.83, −6.8% from the last close, from 6 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$58.83consensus 12-month target, −6.8% from the last close
Low $21High $74
Buy3
Hold3
Sell0

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 6 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Sep 24BTIGBuy, reiterated$74+17.2%
Sep 2Canaccord GenuityBuy, initiated$65+3.0%
Aug 6BTIGBuy, reiterated$60−4.9%
Aug 3Craig-HallumBuy, upgraded$64+1.4%
Aug 3William BlairHold, reiterated——
+6.7%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
−7.7%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±6.5%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

CareDx seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, CareDx averaged −7.7% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

−25.2%2021−5.7%2022+1.5%2023−21.8%2024+8.5%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days−0.9%3 of 5
Next 10 trading days−3.6%3 of 5
Next 15 trading days−6.7%2 of 5
Next 20 trading days−7.7%2 of 5
Next 30 trading days−3.4%2 of 5

For scale, CDNA’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 13.2%.

CareDx market cap and key statistics

CareDx’s market cap is $3.27B, with a P/E ratio of 30.7 and revenue of $458.1M over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$3.27B
P/E ratio
30.7
Forward P/E
156.3
EPS, TTM
$2.08
Gekko Fair Value
$55.06

Trading

Volume
898,940
Avg volume, 20 days
1.49M
52-week high
$72.51
52-week low
$13.95
Shares outstanding
51.73M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$458.1M
Profit margin
24.2%
Return on equity
29.5%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
0.0%

Risk and income

Beta
2.38
Typical daily move
±6.5%
Typical 20-day move
±13.2%

CareDx stock news this week

Coverage of CareDx this week reads neutral: 1 positive, 11 neutral and 0 negative headlines.

News sentiment neutral

CareDx peers

CareDx’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
TMOThermo Fisher Scientific+0.8%Neutral18.2% above
ABTAbbott Laboratories+1.8%Neutral14.7% below
DHRDanaher+0.2%Neutral4.5% above
ISRGIntuitive Surgical+1.1%Neutral18.8% above
MDTMedtronic+1.3%Neutral22.9% below
SYKStryker+1.9%Accumulation12.6% below

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In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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CareDx stock FAQ

What is CareDx’s market cap?

CareDx’s market cap is $3.27B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $63.12, with 51.73M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 30.7.

What is the CareDx stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for CareDx is $58.83, −6.8% from the last close. Of the 6 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 3 rate it a buy, 3 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is CareDx stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate CareDx is overvalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $63.12 is 14.6% above Gekko Fair Value of $55.06. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does CareDx report earnings next?

CareDx is expected to report on Nov 3, 2026, after the market closes (22 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.26 per share on revenue of $122.0M. CareDx beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 8.4% on average across the report.

What is CareDx’s 52-week high and low?

CareDx’s 52-week high is $72.51 and its 52-week low is $13.95; it closed at $63.12 on Oct 12, 2026, +328.5% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $75.92 on Oct 19, 2021.

Is CareDx stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 1 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (trend), 1 as mixed (gekkoindex) and 3 as headwinds (fair value, earnings risk and seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

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