NASDAQ: PTCT

PTC Therapeutics (PTCT) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Sep 28 close

$65.95+3.28 (+5.2%)

Gekko Brief

AI summary

This week PTC Therapeutics completed its acquisition of ST-920, a gene therapy for Fabry disease, from Sangamo Therapeutics, with a rolling Biologics License Application for accelerated FDA approval planned for the fourth quarter of 2026. Cantor Fitzgerald raised its price target on the stock to $137.00 from $130.00 while maintaining an "overweight" rating, and separate commentary questioned the valuation of PTCT after a 175% run over three years. The company also disclosed inducement grants under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

PTCT closed at $65.95, up 5.2% on the day, though the shares remain below both the 50-day average of $70.66 and the 200-day average of $72.38, with the 50-day below the 200-day. The stock sits in the Accumulation zone of the GekkoIndex, with a reading of 63.4. Gekko Fair Value stands at $83.01, putting the current price 20.6% below that level.

The next earnings report is scheduled for 3 November 2026 after the close, 35 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding period. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the recent windows. Seasonality from this point in the calendar has averaged a 20-trading-day return of -2.8% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them, a pattern worth noting alongside the wide gap to consensus analyst targets.

Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.

PTC Therapeutics price vs fair value

$83.01$65.95Sep ’25Mar ’26Sep ’26
Close $65.95200-day averageGekko Fair Value $83.01

PTC Therapeutics quick facts

Market cap
$5.50B
P/E ratio
—
Forward P/E
22.7
EPS, TTM
−$0.67
Revenue, TTM
$1.01B
Profit margin
-3.8%
Dividend yield
—
Beta
0.55
Volume
1.91M avg 1.21M
1-year return
+14.0%
Typical daily move
±3.2%
Typical 20-day move
±8.8%
50-day average
$70.66
200-day average
$72.38
Next earnings
Nov 3 after close
Shares outstanding
83.46M
52-week range
$57.79$90.87

PTC Therapeutics swing-trade checklist

PTC Therapeutics scores 3 supportive, 0 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.

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

3 supportive0 mixed2 headwinds

  • Trendheadwind

    Below 50 and 200-day

    Close $65.95 is below the 50-day ($70.66) and 200-day ($72.38) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.

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  • GekkoIndexsupportive

    63.4, Accumulation

    Reading 63.4 is in the Accumulation zone.

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  • Fair valuesupportive

    20.6% below

    Price is 20.6% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).

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  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

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

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  • Earnings risksupportive

    Reports in 35 days

    Next report Nov 3, 2026, 35 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

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  • Seasonalityheadwind

    −2.8% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −2.8% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.

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PTC Therapeutics stock chart and price history

PTC Therapeutics closed at $65.95 on Sep 28, 2026, +14.0% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $57.79 to $90.87.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
PTC Therapeutics share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$50$60$70$80$90NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep65.95

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
−8.2%
3 months
−19.1%
6 months
−0.3%
1 year
+14.0%
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About PTC Therapeutics

PTC Therapeutics develops medicines for people with rare genetic disorders, working across early research, preclinical studies and clinical trials. The company is known for treatments aimed at Duchenne muscular dystrophy, including Translarna and Emflaza, which reach patients in the European Economic Area, the United States, and, in the case of Translarna, Brazil and Russia for a nonsense mutation form of the disease.

Beyond its Duchenne-focused products, the company sells Tegsedi and Waylivra for other rare conditions across Latin America and the Caribbean, and distributes Evrysdi in Brazil for spinal muscular atrophy in patients two months and older. It also uses a proprietary splicing platform to advance PTC518, a candidate being studied for Huntington's disease. Its work is supported by collaborations, including ones with F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd and Hoffman-La Roche Inc., the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation, and Akcea Therapeutics, Inc., the last of which relates to commercializing Tegsedi and Waylivra in Latin America and the Caribbean.

PTC Therapeutics was established in 1998 and is headquartered in South Plainfield, New Jersey. Its shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker PTCT.

Listed
NASDAQ
Sector
Health technology
Industry
Pharmaceuticals: major
Website
ptcbio.com

PTC Therapeutics GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

PTC Therapeutics’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 63.4, in the Accumulation zone, down 6.1 points over five sessions.

010063.4Accumulation

Down 6.1 points over five sessions.

Reading for Sep 28, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying30+2.9%+6.6%+6.9%+11.6%
Accumulation (current zone)179+1.9%+3.7%+7.0%+15.7%
Neutral412+0.6%+0.7%+2.4%+7.3%
Distribution50−1.7%0.0%−0.8%+1.2%
Selling1Too few readings yet

Average PTCT share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →

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Is PTC Therapeutics stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

PTC Therapeutics trades 20.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $83.01, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.

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

$83.01

Gekko Fair Value, Sep 26, 2026

20.6% Undervalued

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PTC Therapeutics insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for PTC Therapeutics, 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 PTCT 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 PTCT were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30

1of the funds Gekko tracks holds PTCT.

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PTC Therapeutics earnings: next date and track record

PTC Therapeutics reports on Nov 3, 2026, after the close (35 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.

7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±6.3%average move across the report
6 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

+2.5%Nov ’24+8.4%Feb ’25+0.3%May ’25−11.6%Aug ’25+5.7%Nov ’25+2.5%Feb ’26+10.7%May ’26−8.7%Jul ’26
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Jul 30, 2026$0.92
est $0.24
+289.3%$360.5M
est $298.6M
+20.7%−8.7%
May 7, 2026−$0.03
est −$0.45
+93.3%$272.6M
est $217.4M
+25.4%+10.7%
Feb 19, 2026−$1.67
est −$0.21
−695.2%$164.7M
est $279.5M
−41.1%+2.5%
Nov 4, 2025$0.20
est −$1.19
+116.8%$211.0M
est $281.5M
−25.0%+5.7%
Aug 7, 2025−$0.83
est −$1.07
+22.4%$178.9M
est $191.5M
−6.6%−11.6%
May 6, 2025$10.04
est −$1.08
+1,029.6%$1.18B
est $372.6M
+215.6%+0.3%
Feb 27, 2025−$0.85
est −$1.12
+24.1%$213.2M
est $232.4M
−8.3%+8.4%
Nov 7, 2024−$1.39
est −$1.44
+3.5%$196.8M
est $190.5M
+3.3%+2.5%

“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.

PTC Therapeutics stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for PTC Therapeutics is $101.79, +54.3% from the last close, from 10 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$101.79consensus 12-month target, +54.3% from the last close
Low $70High $137
Buy8
Hold1
Sell1

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 10 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Sep 21Cantor FitzgeraldBuy, reiterated$137+107.7%
Sep 14Leerink PartnersBuy, upgraded$98+48.6%
Sep 14Leerink PartnersBuy, upgraded$98+48.6%
Sep 2Wells FargoBuy, maintained$109+65.3%
Aug 30TD CowenBuy, maintained$90+36.5%
+7.0%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
−2.8%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.2%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.

PTC Therapeutics seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, PTC Therapeutics averaged −2.8% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

−4.3%2021−11.4%2022−17.4%2023+9.1%2024+10.6%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days−0.7%2 of 5
Next 10 trading days+1.6%4 of 5
Next 15 trading days+1.6%3 of 5
Next 20 trading days−2.8%2 of 5
Next 30 trading days+0.9%3 of 5

For scale, PTCT’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 8.8%.

PTC Therapeutics market cap and key statistics

PTC Therapeutics’s market cap is $5.50B and revenue of $1.01B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$5.50B
Forward P/E
22.7
EPS, TTM
−$0.67
Gekko Fair Value
$83.01

Trading

Volume
1.91M
Avg volume, 20 days
1.21M
52-week high
$90.87
52-week low
$57.79
Shares outstanding
83.46M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$1.01B
Profit margin
-3.8%
Return on equity
-7740%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
0.0%

Risk and income

Beta
0.55
Typical daily move
±3.2%
Typical 20-day move
±8.8%

PTC Therapeutics stock news this week

Coverage of PTC Therapeutics this week reads positive: 4 positive, 1 neutral and 0 negative headlines.

News sentiment positive

PTC Therapeutics peers

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

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
LLYEli Lilly+0.4%Neutral17.9% above
JNJJohnson & Johnson+0.7%Neutral0.5% above
ABBVAbbVie+0.7%Neutral23.3% above
MRKMerck+0.7%Neutral4.2% below
AZNAstraZeneca+0.3%Neutral39.9% below
PFEPfizer+0.4%Neutral4.0% below

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In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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PTC Therapeutics stock FAQ

What is PTC Therapeutics’s market cap?

PTC Therapeutics’s market cap is $5.50B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $65.95, with 83.46M shares outstanding.

What is the PTC Therapeutics stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for PTC Therapeutics is $101.79, +54.3% from the last close. Of the 10 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 8 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is PTC Therapeutics stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate PTC Therapeutics is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $65.95 is 20.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $83.01. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does PTC Therapeutics report earnings next?

PTC Therapeutics is expected to report on Nov 3, 2026, after the market closes (35 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.29 per share on revenue of $303.9M. PTC Therapeutics beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 6.3% on average across the report.

What is PTC Therapeutics’s 52-week high and low?

PTC Therapeutics’s 52-week high is $90.87 and its 52-week low is $57.79; it closed at $65.95 on Sep 28, 2026, +14.0% over the past year.

Is PTC Therapeutics stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and earnings risk) and 2 as headwinds (trend and seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

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