** Shares of portable MRI maker Hyperfine HYPR.O down 31.8% premarket to $1.50 after deeply-discounted follow-on offering
** Guilford, Connecticut-based Hyperfine early Thurs announces pricing 14 mln shares at $1.25 for $17.5 mln gross raise
** Offering price is about 43% below stock's last close of $2.20
** Co, which has about 78.6 mln shares outstanding, intends to use net offering proceeds for working capital and general purposes, including commercial, manufacturing, and R&D activities
** Lake Street Capital Markets is sole bookrunner for the offering
** After the bell Weds, co said it expects Q3 rev of $3.4 mln following launch of its next generation Swoop system
** The consensus estimate among 3 analysts had called for Q3 rev of $3.5 mln, per LSEG data
** HYPR shares on Weds rose about 7%, extending YTD gain to 150%
** 2 analysts rate shares "buy" and 1 has "hold" with PTs of $0.85, $1.40 and $2.00 - LSEG
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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