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Cytokinetics (CYTK): analyst forecast and price target

$61.95 −3.08% close 16.10.26 · market cap $8.9B · Healthcare · Biotechnology IWM 0.29%
Price targets and ratings of

Analyst consensus

Strong Buy

16 Buy1 Hold0 Sell

Ratings of 17 analysts in the last 3 months

12-month forecast

$111+78.6% upside

Based on 17 price targets given in the last 3 months, the average target is $111, the highest $146, the lowest $85.00. The average is +78.6% from the last price of $61.95.

$50.00$100$150Jan 26AprJulOctJan 27AprJulOctHigh$146Average$111Low$85.00
Highest target $146 Average target $111 Lowest target $85.00
AnalystFirmPrice target RatingUpsideAction Date Move vs SPY
Unknown Analyst William Blair — Buy — Initiated 15.10.26on TipRanks 22:05 −2.0%
Leonid Timashev★★★★★★★★★★#279 · hits 60% · avg +24.5% RBC Capital $113 Buy +82.4% Reiterated 14.10.26on TipRanks Oct 15 08:10 +4.0%next day +0.5%
Tessa Romero★★★★★★★★★★#805 · hits 57% · avg +21.7% J.P. Morgan — Buy — Reiterated 14.10.26on TipRanks 08:25 +4.0%next day +0.5%
Ashwani Verma★★★★★★★★★★#1305 · hits 60% · avg +13.4% UBS $115 → $104−9.6% Buy +67.9% Reiterated 14.10.26on TipRanks 07:15 +4.0%next day +0.5%
Joseph Pantginis★★★★★★★★★★#243 · hits 55% · avg +24.8% H.C. Wainwright $140 Buy +126.0% Reiterated 13.10.26on TipRanks 06:26 −1.9%next day +4.0%
Leonid Timashev★★★★★★★★★★#279 · hits 60% · avg +24.5% RBC Capital $112 → $113+0.9% Buy +82.4% Reiterated 08.10.26on TipRanks 09:05 +1.9%next day +0.9% · 5 days +3.4%
Joseph Pantginis★★★★★★★★★★#243 · hits 55% · avg +24.8% H.C. Wainwright $140 Buy +126.0% Reiterated 05.10.26on TipRanks 11:30 −5.1%next day −2.7% · 5 days −0.3%
Serge Belanger★★★★★★★★★★#674 · hits 49% · avg +14.9% Needham $112 Buy +80.8% Reiterated 05.10.26on TipRanks 06:25 −5.1%next day −2.7% · 5 days −0.3%
Yanan Zhu★★★★★★★★★★#1136 · hits 36% · avg +15.3% Wells Fargo $105 Buy +69.5% Reiterated 02.10.26on TipRanks Oct 3 13:30 −0.8%next day −5.1% · 5 days −5.3%
Joseph Pantginis★★★★★★★★★★#243 · hits 55% · avg +24.8% H.C. Wainwright $140 Buy +126.0% Reiterated 30.09.26on TipRanks 10:35 +0.6%next day −0.6% · 5 days −9.2%
Serge Belanger★★★★★★★★★★#674 · hits 49% · avg +14.9% Needham $112 Buy +80.8% Reiterated 29.09.26on TipRanks 05:15 −0.6%next day +0.6% · 5 days −8.5%
Leonid Timashev★★★★★★★★★★#279 · hits 60% · avg +24.5% RBC Capital $112 Buy +80.8% Reiterated 10.09.26on TipRanks 08:25 −0.1%next day −0.6% · 5 days −5.7%
Srikripa Devarakonda★★★★★★★★★★#200 · hits 62% · avg +26.3% Truist Financial $112 Buy +80.8% Reiterated 01.09.26on TipRanks 07:30 +1.4%next day +0.3% · 5 days +3.7%
Cory Kasimov★★★★★★★★★★#276 · hits 59% · avg +18.9% Evercore ISI $100 Buy +61.4% Reiterated 31.08.26on TipRanks 09:15 −1.3%next day +1.4% · 5 days +6.4%
Jason Zemansky★★★★★★★★★★#467 · hits 60% · avg +21.6% Bank of America Securities $85.00 Hold +37.2% Reiterated 31.08.26on TipRanks 06:35 −1.3%next day +1.4% · 5 days +6.4%
Paul Choi★★★★★★★★★★#1415 · hits 56% · avg +9.6% Goldman Sachs $105 Buy +69.5% Reiterated 28.08.26on TipRanks Aug 31 03:45 −7.2%next day −1.3% · 5 days +0.8%
Emily Field★★★★★★★★★★#5009 · hits 45% · avg +1.9% Barclays $110 Buy +77.6% Reiterated 26.08.26on TipRanks Aug 27 04:45 +2.2%next day −2.3% · 5 days −9.1%
Tessa Romero★★★★★★★★★★#805 · hits 57% · avg +21.7% J.P. Morgan — Buy — Reiterated 20.08.26on TipRanks 08:55 +0.1%next day −0.8% · 5 days −0.2%
Yasmeen Rahimi★★★★★★★★★★#160 · hits 51% · avg +36.0% Piper Sandler $107 Buy +72.7% Reiterated 07.08.26on TipRanks 11:27 −6.3%next day +1.0% · 5 days −3.8%
James Condulis★★★★★★★★★★#3810 · hits 56% · avg +8.9% Stifel Nicolaus $108 Buy +74.3% Reiterated 07.08.26on TipRanks 08:15 −6.3%next day +1.0% · 5 days −3.8%
Jason Butler★★★★★★★★★★#412 · hits 51% · avg +18.3% Citizens JMP $105 → $110+4.8% Buy +77.6% Reiterated 07.08.26on TipRanks 06:20 −6.3%next day +1.0% · 5 days −3.8%
Mayank Mamtani★★★★★★★★★★#2653 · hits 38% · avg +5.8% B. Riley Securities $146 Buy +135.7% Reiterated 31.07.26on TipRanks 08:42 −4.8%next day −2.3% · 5 days −4.0%
Maxwell Skor★★★★★★★★★★#486 · hits 74% · avg +28.0% Morgan Stanley $103 Buy +66.3% Assigned 23.07.26on TipRanks 21:16 −1.5%next day −0.2% · 5 days −5.6%
Eric Joseph★★★★★★★★★★#1258 · hits 52% · avg +11.4% Citi $99.00 Buy +59.8% Reiterated 16.07.26on TipRanks 07:08 −2.2%next day +0.8% · 5 days +3.6%
Ashwani Verma★★★★★★★★★★#1305 · hits 60% · avg +13.4% UBS $115 Buy +85.6% Upgrade 29.06.26on TipRanks 06:05 +4.5%next day −3.2% · 5 days −2.9%
Salim Syed★★★★★★★★★★#7609 · hits 44% · avg +0.2% Mizuho Securities $100 → $118+18.0% Buy +90.5% Reiterated 23.06.26on TipRanks 10:10 +2.5%next day +1.5% · 5 days +4.7%
Yanan Zhu★★★★★★★★★★#1136 · hits 36% · avg +15.3% Wells Fargo $95.00 → $105+10.5% Buy +69.5% Reiterated 07.05.26on TipRanks 07:10 −0.4%next day +2.7% · 5 days +3.6%
Unknown Analyst Raymond James — Hold — Reiterated 06.05.26on TipRanks May 7 05:30 −4.3%next day −0.4% · 5 days +2.0%
Carter Gould★★★★★★★★★★#2194 · hits 53% · avg +6.3% Cantor Fitzgerald — Buy — Reiterated 25.02.26on TipRanks Feb 26 09:40 −11.1%next day +0.1% · 5 days +0.2%
Roanna Ruiz★★★★★★★★★★#9351 · hits 46% · avg −0.3% Leerink Partners — Buy — Reiterated 13.01.26on TipRanks Jan 14 02:51 −1.8%next day +2.5% · 5 days +0.7%

Every rating the collector has kept for the last 12 months, including the earlier ones of the same analyst. Latest of each analyst

Best analysts covering Cytokinetics

TipRanks picks them by their record on this stock; the figures under the name are their record across all their ratings.

Most accurate

3 months Tessa Romero★★★★★★★★★★J.P. Morgan · #805
Hits 57%80 of 140 Average return +21.7%
1 year Joseph Pantginis★★★★★★★★★★H.C. Wainwright · #243
Hits 55%275 of 499 Average return +24.8%
2 years Jason Butler★★★★★★★★★★Citizens JMP · #412
Hits 51%257 of 500 Average return +18.3%

Most profitable

3 months Tessa Romero★★★★★★★★★★J.P. Morgan · #805
Hits 57%80 of 140 Average return +21.7%
1 year Salim Syed★★★★★★★★★★Mizuho Securities · #7609
Hits 44%217 of 495 Average return +0.2%
2 years Salim Syed★★★★★★★★★★Mizuho Securities · #7609
Hits 44%217 of 495 Average return +0.2%

How the average price target moved

The average target of all analysts (their ratings of the 3 months before) on each day, the top analysts’ dashed, against the price; the site keeps this record since 1 October 2026. On 01.10.26: target $111 at a price of $65.91 (+67.9%); now: $111 at $61.95 (+78.6%).

$60.00$80.00$100Sep 15Oct 1Oct 15Top analysts$111Average target$111Price$61.95

PriceAverage targetTop analysts’ target

Recommendation trend

0204023126Oct 2513216Nov9235Dec14275Jan 2616296Feb16207Mar12207Apr10206May4244Jun5223Jul7265Aug12194Sep17173Oct

Strong BuyBuyHoldSell

Rating05.2606.2607.2608.2609.2610.26
Strong Buy104571217
Buy202422261917
Hold643543
Sell000000

Earnings and sales forecast

Next report: 29.10.26 (Q3 2026, date not confirmed)

Earnings per share

Next quarter’s EPS estimate — $-1.45 (from $-1.65 to $-1.10). Last quarter: $-1.50.

Sales

Next quarter’s sales estimate — $41M (from $28M to $57M). Last quarter: $29M.

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About Cytokinetics
  • CEO: Robert I. Blum
  • Employees: 673
  • 350 Oyster Point Boulevard, South San Francisco, CA, 94080, US
  • www.cytokinetics.com

Cytokinetics, Incorporated, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering, developing, and commercializing novel muscle activators and muscle inhibitors as potential treatments for debilitating diseases in the United States. The company markets MYQORZO, a novel, oral, and small molecule cardiac myosin inhibitor for the treatment of symptomatic oHCM. It also develops Aficamten, a novel, oral, and small molecule cardiac myosin inhibitor for the treatment of HCM; and omecamtiv mecarbil, a potential treatment across the continuum of care in heart failure with severely reduced ejection fraction. In addition, the company is involved in developing and Ulacamten, a novel, selective, oral, and small molecule cardiac myosin inhibitor designed to reduce the hypercontractility associated with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in Phase 1 clinical trials; and CK-089, a fast skeletal muscle troponin activator in Phase 1 clinical trials. Cytokinetics, Incorporated was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.

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