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Centessa Pharmaceuticals PLC has a consensus price target of $29.93 based on the ratings of 20 analysts. The high is $62 issued by Oppenheimer on December 10, 2025. The low is $5 issued by Goldman Sachs on August 15, 2023. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Wells Fargo, Leerink Partners, and Wolfe Research on April 20, 2026, April 1, 2026, and February 24, 2026, respectively. With an average price target of $40.67 between Wells Fargo, Leerink Partners, and Wolfe Research, there's an implied 2.25% upside for Centessa Pharmaceuticals PLC from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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The latest price target for Centessa Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNTA) was reported by Wells Fargo on April 20, 2026. The analyst firm set a price target for $42.00 expecting CNTA to rise to within 12 months (a possible 5.61% upside). 20 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for Centessa Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNTA) was provided by Wells Fargo, and Centessa Pharmaceuticals downgraded their equal-weight rating.
The last upgrade for Centessa Pharmaceuticals PLC happened on September 19, 2024 when Morgan Stanley raised their price target to $26. Morgan Stanley previously had an equal-weight for Centessa Pharmaceuticals PLC.
The last downgrade for Centessa Pharmaceuticals PLC happened on April 20, 2026 when Wells Fargo changed their price target from $35 to $42 for Centessa Pharmaceuticals PLC.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Centessa Pharmaceuticals, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Centessa Pharmaceuticals was filed on April 20, 2026 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around April 20, 2027.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Centessa Pharmaceuticals (CNTA) rating was a downgraded with a price target of $35.00 to $42.00. The current price Centessa Pharmaceuticals (CNTA) is trading at is $39.77, which is within the analyst’s predicted range.
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| 04/20/2026 | Buy Now | 5.61% | Wells Fargo | $35 → $42 | Downgrade | Overweight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 04/02/2026 | Buy Now | — | Guggenheim | — | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 04/01/2026 | Buy Now | 0.58% | Leerink Partners | $36 → $40 | Downgrade | Outperform → Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 03/31/2026 | Buy Now | — | Wolfe Research | — | Downgrade | Outperform → Peer Perform | Get Alert |
| 03/31/2026 | Buy Now | — | Needham | — | Downgrade | Buy → Hold | Get Alert |
| 02/24/2026 | Buy Now | 0.58% | Wolfe Research | → $40 | Initiates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/29/2026 | Buy Now | -4.45% | Truist Securities | $33 → $38 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/08/2026 | Buy Now | -17.02% | Truist Securities | $30 → $33 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/02/2026 | Buy Now | -24.57% | Chardan Capital | $30 → $30 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 12/10/2025 | Buy Now | 55.9% | Oppenheimer | $40 → $62 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 12/01/2025 | Buy Now | 5.61% | B. Riley Securities | $33 → $42 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/18/2025 | Buy Now | 8.12% | Guggenheim | $28 → $43 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/13/2025 | Buy Now | -11.99% | Wells Fargo | $30 → $35 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 11/07/2025 | Buy Now | -24.57% | Wells Fargo | $31 → $30 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/28/2025 | Buy Now | -11.99% | Stephens & Co. | → $35 | Initiates | → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/06/2025 | Buy Now | -29.6% | Guggenheim | $28 → $28 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
| 09/03/2025 | Buy Now | -22.05% | Wells Fargo | → $31 | Initiates | → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/12/2025 | Buy Now | -24.57% | Chardan Capital | $30 → $30 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/30/2025 | Buy Now | -24.57% | Chardan Capital | $30 → $30 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/21/2025 | Buy Now | -24.57% | Truist Securities | → $30 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert |
| 05/28/2025 | Buy Now | -11.99% | Needham | → $35 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert |
| 05/08/2025 | Buy Now | -24.57% | Chardan Capital | → $30 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert |
| 03/31/2025 | Buy Now | -4.45% | Piper Sandler | → $38 | Initiates | → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 03/26/2025 | Buy Now | -29.6% | Guggenheim | $28 → $28 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
| 03/07/2025 | Buy Now | -32.11% | Morgan Stanley | $27 → $27 | Assumes | → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 02/10/2025 | Buy Now | — | Guggenheim | — | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/07/2025 | Buy Now | — | TD Cowen | — | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/15/2024 | Buy Now | -29.6% | Guggenheim | $24 → $28 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 09/19/2024 | Buy Now | -34.62% | Morgan Stanley | $11 → $26 | Upgrade | Equal-Weight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 09/19/2024 | Buy Now | -17.02% | B. Riley Securities | → $33 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert |
| 09/16/2024 | Buy Now | -11.99% | BMO Capital | $20 → $35 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 09/11/2024 | Buy Now | -39.65% | Guggenheim | $20 → $24 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 09/11/2024 | Buy Now | -52.23% | Jefferies | $13 → $19 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 09/09/2024 | Buy Now | -49.71% | BMO Capital | $15 → $20 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 08/14/2024 | Buy Now | -64.8% | Oppenheimer | $14 → $14 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/18/2024 | Buy Now | -64.8% | Oppenheimer | → $14 | Initiates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 06/21/2024 | Buy Now | -72.34% | Morgan Stanley | $8 → $11 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 04/01/2024 | Buy Now | -62.28% | BMO Capital | $15 → $15 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 11/15/2023 | Buy Now | -72.34% | Jefferies | $4 → $11 | Upgrade | Hold → Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/26/2023 | Buy Now | -79.88% | Morgan Stanley | $4 → $8 | Upgrade | Underweight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 08/15/2023 | Buy Now | -72.34% | SVB Securities | $6 → $11 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 08/15/2023 | Buy Now | -74.86% | Guggenheim | $9 → $10 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 08/15/2023 | Buy Now | -87.43% | Goldman Sachs | $4.5 → $5 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2023 | Buy Now | -62.28% | BMO Capital | $11 → $15 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 06/21/2023 | Buy Now | — | Evercore ISI Group | — | Initiates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 06/12/2023 | Buy Now | -77.37% | Guggenheim | → $9 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert |