How to buy Exicure stock

Exicure, Inc is a biotechnology business based in the US. Exicure shares (XCUR) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Exicure employs 57 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$16.8 million.

How to buy shares in Exicure

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
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 Exicure. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: XCUR. 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 Exicure 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. 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 Exicure, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Exicure. 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.

Exicure share price

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Exicure shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-11-25.

52-week range	USD$0.9573 - USD$3.84
50-day moving average	USD$1.6686
200-day moving average	USD$2.1796
Wall St. target price	USD$11
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-0.471

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Exicure financials

Revenue TTM	USD$16.8 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$-18,044,000
Return on assets TTM	-15.59%
Return on equity TTM	-31.74%
Profit margin	-130.87%
Book value	$0.842
Market capitalisation	USD$122.1 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Exicure shares

There are currently 962,414 Exicure shares held short by investors – that's known as Exicure's "short interest". This figure is 3.3% down from 995,440 last month.

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

Exicure's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Exicure's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Exicure shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Exicure shares traded daily (recently around 149443.16770186). Exicure's SIR currently stands at 6.44. In other words for every 100,000 Exicure shares traded daily on the market, roughly 6440 shares are currently held short.

However Exicure's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Exicure shares, or, against the total number of tradable Exicure shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Exicure's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Exicure shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0145% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Exicure shares, roughly 15 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Exicure.

Find out more about how you can short Exicure stock.

Exicure share dividends

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

Exicure share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Exicure's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.9573 up to $3.84. 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 Exicure's is 1.498. This would suggest that Exicure's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Exicure overview

Exicure, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, develops therapeutics for neurology, immuno-oncology, inflammatory diseases, and genetic disorders based on its proprietary spherical nucleic acid (SNA) technology. Its drug candidate includes AST-008 that is in a Phase 1b/2 clinical trials in patients with advanced solid tumors. The company is also developing XCUR-FXN, an SNA?based therapeutic candidate that is in preclinical trials for the treatment of Friedreich's ataxia; and XCUR17, an SNA that targets the messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding interleukin 17 receptor alpha. It has a collaboration, option, and license agreement with Allergan Pharmaceuticals International Limited to develop SNA-based treatments for hair loss disorders; and license and development agreement with DERMELIX, LLC to research, develop, and commercialize its technology for the treatment of netherton syndrome. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Exicure is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 23.326% of Exicure shares are held by insiders and 46.166% by institutions.

• How many people work for Exicure?

  Latest data suggests 57 work at Exicure.

• When does the fiscal year end for Exicure?

  Exicure's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Exicure based?

  Exicure's address is: 2430 North Halsted Street, Chicago, IL, United States, 60614

• What is Exicure's ISIN number?

  Exicure's international securities identification number is: US30205M1018

• What is Exicure's CUSIP number?

  Exicure's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 30205M101