How to buy Aquestive Therapeutics stock | 6.23

Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc is a biotechnology business based in the US. Aquestive Therapeutics shares (AQST) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Aquestive Therapeutics employs 232 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$59.3 million.

How to buy shares in Aquestive Therapeutics

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Aquestive Therapeutics. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: AQST. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Aquestive Therapeutics reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$6.23, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Aquestive Therapeutics, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Aquestive Therapeutics. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted Aquestive Therapeutics's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Aquestive Therapeutics's share price has had significant positive movement.

Its last market close was USD$6.23, which is 32.26% up on its pre-crash value of USD$4.22 and 341.84% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$1.41.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Aquestive Therapeutics shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$463.28 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,577.19.

Aquestive Therapeutics share price

Use our graph to track the performance of AQST stocks over time.

Aquestive Therapeutics shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-19.

Latest market close	USD$6.23
52-week range	USD$1.41 - USD$10
50-day moving average	USD$6.6771
200-day moving average	USD$5.5118
Wall St. target price	USD$14.83
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-2.605

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Is it a good time to buy Aquestive Therapeutics stock?

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Aquestive Therapeutics price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $6.23 from 2020-11-16

1 week (2020-11-18)	-0.64%
1 month (2020-10-23)	18.44%
3 months (2020-08-25)	-22.03%
6 months (2020-05-22)	8.35%

1 year (2019-11-25)	-17.37%
2 years (2018-11-23)	-38.92%
3 years (2017-11-22)	N/A
5 years (2015-11-22)	N/A

Aquestive Therapeutics financials

Revenue TTM	USD$59.3 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$32.2 million
Return on assets TTM	-37.7%
Return on equity TTM	-3347.45%
Profit margin	-84.2%
Book value	$-0.985
Market capitalisation	USD$169.1 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Aquestive Therapeutics shares

There are currently 1.9 million Aquestive Therapeutics shares held short by investors – that's known as Aquestive Therapeutics's "short interest". This figure is 25.1% up from 1.5 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Aquestive Therapeutics shares can be evaluated.

Aquestive Therapeutics's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Aquestive Therapeutics's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Aquestive Therapeutics shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Aquestive Therapeutics shares traded daily (recently around 1.6 million). Aquestive Therapeutics's SIR currently stands at 1.19. In other words for every 100,000 Aquestive Therapeutics shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1190 shares are currently held short.

However Aquestive Therapeutics's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Aquestive Therapeutics shares, or, against the total number of tradable Aquestive Therapeutics shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Aquestive Therapeutics's short interest could be expressed as 0.06% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Aquestive Therapeutics shares in existence, roughly 60 shares are currently held short) or 0.0964% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Aquestive Therapeutics shares, roughly 96 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Aquestive Therapeutics.

Find out more about how you can short Aquestive Therapeutics stock.

Aquestive Therapeutics share dividends

We're not expecting Aquestive Therapeutics to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Aquestive Therapeutics share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Aquestive Therapeutics's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.41 up to $10. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Aquestive Therapeutics's is 3.8483. This would suggest that Aquestive Therapeutics's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Aquestive Therapeutics overview

Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, focuses on identifying, developing, and commercializing various products to address unmet medical needs. The company markets Sympazan, an oral soluble film formulation of clobazam for the treatment of lennox-gastaut syndrome; Suboxone, a sublingual film formulation of buprenorphine and naloxone for the treatment of opioid dependence; and Zuplenz, an oral soluble film formulation of ondansetron for the treatment of nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy and post-operative recovery in the United States and internationally. Its proprietary product candidates comprise Libervant, a buccal soluble film formulation of diazepam for the treatment of recurrent epileptic seizures; and Exservan, an oral soluble film formulation of riluzole for the treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. The company's proprietary pipeline of complex molecule products include AQST-108, a sublingual film formulation of epinephrine for the treatment of anaphylaxis; and AQST-305, a sublingual film formulation of octreotide for the treatment of acromegaly and neuroendocrine tumors. It also develops AQST-119, an oral soluble film formulation of tadalafil for the treatment of erectile dysfunction; and APL-130277, a sublingual film using apomorphine to treat parkinson's disease. Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Warren, New Jersey.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Aquestive Therapeutics is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 13.683% of Aquestive Therapeutics shares are held by insiders and 57.502% by institutions.

• How many people work for Aquestive Therapeutics?

  Latest data suggests 232 work at Aquestive Therapeutics.

• When does the fiscal year end for Aquestive Therapeutics?

  Aquestive Therapeutics's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Aquestive Therapeutics based?

  Aquestive Therapeutics's address is: 30 Technology Drive, Warren, NJ, United States, 07059

• What is Aquestive Therapeutics's CUSIP number?

  Aquestive Therapeutics's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 03843E104