How to buy BIO-key International stock

BIO-key International, Inc is a security & protection services business based in the US. BIO-key International shares (BKYI) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

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1. BKYI shares summary
2. Compare share dealing platforms
3. Is BKYI stock a buy or sell?
4. Stock performance over time
5. Can I short BKYI shares?
6. BIO-key International's financials
7. How volatile are BKYI shares?
8. Does BIO-key International pay a dividend?
9. Have BKYI shares ever split?
10. Other common questions

BIO-key International share price

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BIO-key International shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$2.75 - USD$9.8
50-day moving average	USD$4.2348
200-day moving average	USD$3.9906
Wall St. target price	USD$2
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-0.556

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Is it a good time to buy BIO-key International stock?

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Shorting BIO-key International shares

There are currently 462,173 BIO-key International shares held short by investors – that's known as BIO-key International's "short interest". This figure is 133.1% up from 198,268 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting BIO-key International shares can be evaluated.

BIO-key International's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

BIO-key International's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of BIO-key International shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of BIO-key International shares traded daily (recently around 810829.8245614). BIO-key International's SIR currently stands at 0.57. In other words for every 100,000 BIO-key International shares traded daily on the market, roughly 570 shares are currently held short.

However BIO-key International's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of BIO-key International shares, or, against the total number of tradable BIO-key International shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case BIO-key International's short interest could be expressed as 0.06% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 BIO-key International shares in existence, roughly 60 shares are currently held short) or 0.0641% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable BIO-key International shares, roughly 64 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 BIO-key International.

Find out more about how you can short BIO-key International stock.

Have BIO-key International's shares ever split?

BIO-key International's shares were split on a 1:8 basis on 20 November 2020. So if you had owned 8 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your BIO-key International shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 700% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for BIO-key International shares which in turn could have impacted BIO-key International's share price.

BIO-key International share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, BIO-key International's shares have ranged in value from as little as $2.75 up to $9.8. 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 BIO-key International's is 1.0694. This would suggest that BIO-key International's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

BIO-key International overview

BIO-key International, Inc. develops and markets fingerprint biometric identification and identity verification technologies, and related identity management and credentialing biometric hardware and software solutions. Its solutions enable application developers, value added resellers, and channel partners to integrate fingerprint biometrics into their applications. It offers ID Director, a solution for integration with CA Technologies / Broadcom's Single Sign-on solution, Oracle's Fusion Middleware SSO, IBM Tivoli Access Manager, as well as ISAM and other solutions. The company also provides Vector Segment Technology SDK, a biometric software development kit that provides developers the ability to incorporate its biometric capabilities into their respective product offerings or infrastructure; Intelligent Image Indexing, a biometric identification solution that offers one-to-many and one-to-one user identification; and Biometric Service Provider, which provides support for the BioAPI for a compliant interface to applications using biometrics for verification and identification. In addition, it offers WEB-key, an authentication-transaction security technology to conduct identification and identity verification transactions in unsecure environments, such as the world wide Web or off-site cloud environments. Additionally, the company develops and distributes hardware components; and sells third-party hardware components. BIO-key International, Inc. markets its products through its sales force, as well as through distributors, resellers, integrators, value added resellers, and technology partners. The company was formerly known as SAC Technologies and changed its name to BIO-key International, Inc. in 2002. BIO-key International, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Wall, New Jersey.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of BIO-key International is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 14.112% of BIO-key International shares are held by insiders and 3.512% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for BIO-key International?

  BIO-key International's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is BIO-key International based?

  BIO-key International's address is: Building A, Wall, NJ, United States, 07719

• What is BIO-key International's ISIN number?

  BIO-key International's international securities identification number is: US09060C3097

• What is BIO-key International's CUSIP number?

  BIO-key International's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 09060C101