180 Life Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ:ATNF) Short Interest Up 67.2% in March

180 Life Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ:ATNF) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 56,000 shares, an increase of 67.2% from the February 28th total of 33,500 shares. Currently, 4.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 392,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On 180 Life Sciences

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in 180 Life Sciences stock. Rathbones Group PLC purchased a new stake in shares of 180 Life Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ:ATNF) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 69,995 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $127,000. Rathbones Group PLC owned 2.20% of 180 Life Sciences as of its most recent filing with the SEC. Institutional investors own 4.07% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of 180 Life Sciences in a research note on Saturday, March 22nd.

180 Life Sciences Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:ATNF opened at $1.03 on Friday. 180 Life Sciences has a 12 month low of $0.98 and a 12 month high of $17.75. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $1.27 and a 200 day moving average price of $1.98.

About 180 Life Sciences

180 Life Sciences Corp., a clinical stage biotechnology company, focuses on developing therapeutics for unmet medical needs in chronic pain, inflammation, fibrosis, and other inflammatory diseases. The company product development platforms includes fibrosis and anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) platform, which has completed Phase IIb clinical trials that focuses on fibrosis and anti-TNF; Synthetic Cannabidiol (CBD) Analogs platform, which are synthetic pharmaceutical grade molecules close or distant analogs of non-psychoactive cannabinoids, such as CBD for the treatment of inflammatory diseases and pain; and a7nAChR platform, an immune suppressive, which is under preclinical trails that focuses on alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.