How to buy Benitec Biopharma stock | $2.83

Benitec Biopharma Inc is a biotechnology business based in the US. Benitec Biopharma shares (BNTC) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Benitec Biopharma employs 14 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$124,000.

How to buy shares in Benitec Biopharma

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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 Benitec Biopharma. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: BNTC. 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 Benitec Biopharma 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$2.83, 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 Benitec Biopharma, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Benitec Biopharma. 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.

Benitec Biopharma share price

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Benitec Biopharma shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-26.

Latest market close	USD$2.83
52-week range	USD$2.52 - USD$17.3894
50-day moving average	USD$2.8619
200-day moving average	USD$5.4094
Wall St. target price	USD$14
PE ratio	51.5497
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-0.82

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Benitec Biopharma price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $2.83 from 2020-12-18

1 week (2021-01-11)	-17.49%
1 month (2020-12-18)	2.83
3 months (2020-10-16)	-3.41%
6 months (2020-07-17)	-63.72%

1 year (2020-01-17)	-43.96%
2 years (2019-01-18)	99.30%
3 years (2018-01-18)	3.6
5 years (2016-01-15)	4.02

Is Benitec Biopharma under- or over-valued?

Valuing Benitec Biopharma stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Benitec Biopharma's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Benitec Biopharma's P/E ratio

Benitec Biopharma's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 52x. In other words, Benitec Biopharma shares trade at around 52x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Benitec Biopharma financials

Revenue TTM	USD$124,000
Gross profit TTM	USD$287,000
Return on assets TTM	-49.77%
Return on equity TTM	-80.93%
Profit margin	0%
Book value	$6.98
Market capitalisation	USD$13.5 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Benitec Biopharma shares

There are currently 48,403 Benitec Biopharma shares held short by investors – that's known as Benitec Biopharma's "short interest". This figure is 45% up from 33,390 last month.

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

Benitec Biopharma's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Benitec Biopharma's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Benitec Biopharma shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Benitec Biopharma shares traded daily (recently around 4.8 million). Benitec Biopharma's SIR currently stands at 0.01. In other words for every 100,000 Benitec Biopharma shares traded daily on the market, roughly 10 shares are currently held short.

However Benitec Biopharma's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Benitec Biopharma shares, or, against the total number of tradable Benitec Biopharma shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Benitec Biopharma's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Benitec Biopharma shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0017% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Benitec Biopharma shares, roughly 2 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 Benitec Biopharma.

Find out more about how you can short Benitec Biopharma stock.

Benitec Biopharma share dividends

We're not expecting Benitec Biopharma to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Benitec Biopharma's shares ever split?

Benitec Biopharma's shares were split on a 2:3 basis on 15 April 2020. So if you had owned 3 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Benitec Biopharma shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Benitec Biopharma shares which in turn could have impacted Benitec Biopharma's share price.

Benitec Biopharma share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Benitec Biopharma's shares have ranged in value from as little as $2.52 up to $17.3894. 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 Benitec Biopharma's is 1.8562. This would suggest that Benitec Biopharma's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Benitec Biopharma overview

Benitec Biopharma Inc., a development-stage biotechnology company, focuses on the development of novel genetic medicines. The company develops DNA-directed RNA interference based therapeutics for chronic and life-threatening human conditions. It is developing BB-301, an adeno-associated virus based gene therapy agent for treating oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy and chronic hepatitis B virus infection. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Hayward, California.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Benitec Biopharma is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 16.036% of Benitec Biopharma shares are held by insiders and 9.173% by institutions.

• How many people work for Benitec Biopharma?

  Latest data suggests 14 work at Benitec Biopharma.

• When does the fiscal year end for Benitec Biopharma?

  Benitec Biopharma's fiscal year ends in June.

• Where is Benitec Biopharma based?

  Benitec Biopharma's address is: 3940 Trust Way, Hayward, CA, United States, 94545

• What is Benitec Biopharma's ISIN number?

  Benitec Biopharma's international securities identification number is: US08205P1003

• What is Benitec Biopharma's CUSIP number?

  Benitec Biopharma's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 082053208