How to buy Galmed Pharmaceuticals stock

Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd is a biotechnology business based in the US. Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares (GLMD) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Galmed Pharmaceuticals employs 17 staff and has a market cap (total outstanding shares value) of USD$86.8 million.

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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 Galmed Pharmaceuticals. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: GLMD. 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 Galmed Pharmaceuticals 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 Galmed Pharmaceuticals, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Galmed Pharmaceuticals. 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.

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1. GLMD shares summary
2. Compare share dealing platforms
3. Is GLMD stock a buy or sell?
4. Stock performance over time
5. Can I short GLMD shares?
6. Galmed Pharmaceuticals's financials
7. How volatile are GLMD shares?
8. Does Galmed Pharmaceuticals pay a dividend?
9. Other common questions

Galmed Pharmaceuticals share price

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Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares at a glance

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Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$2.96 - USD$6.2
50-day moving average	USD$4.0324
200-day moving average	USD$3.8453
Wall St. target price	USD$17.8
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-0.585

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Shorting Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares

There are currently 37,745 Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares held short by investors – that's known as Galmed Pharmaceuticals's "short interest". This figure is 49.1% up from 25,317 last month.

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

Galmed Pharmaceuticals's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Galmed Pharmaceuticals's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares traded daily (recently around 157270.83333333). Galmed Pharmaceuticals's SIR currently stands at 0.24. In other words for every 100,000 Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares traded daily on the market, roughly 240 shares are currently held short.

However Galmed Pharmaceuticals's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares, or, against the total number of tradable Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Galmed Pharmaceuticals's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0021% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Galmed Pharmaceuticals 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 Galmed Pharmaceuticals.

Find out more about how you can short Galmed Pharmaceuticals stock.

Galmed Pharmaceuticals share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Galmed Pharmaceuticals's shares have ranged in value from as little as $2.96 up to $6.2. 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 Galmed Pharmaceuticals's is 2.206. This would suggest that Galmed Pharmaceuticals's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Galmed Pharmaceuticals overview

Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of therapeutics for the treatment of liver diseases. It develops Aramchol, an oral therapy, which is in ARREST Phase III pivotal study for the treatment of non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis (NASH) in patients with overweight or obesity, and who are pre-diabetic or type-II-diabetes mellitus. The company also evaluates Aramchol through ARRIVE Study, a proof-of-concept Phase IIa clinical trial, with HIV-associated non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and lipodystrophy. Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has a research agreement with Gannex Pharma Co., Ltd. to develop a combination therapy of ASC41 (THR-beta agonist) and Aramchol (SCD 1 inhibitor) for the treatment of NASH; and a research and development collaboration agreement with MyBiotics Pharma Ltd. to identify the selected microbiome repertoire associated with the response to Aramchol. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Galmed Pharmaceuticals is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 17.324% of Galmed Pharmaceuticals shares are held by insiders and 32.544% by institutions.

• How many people work for Galmed Pharmaceuticals?

  Latest data suggests 17 work at Galmed Pharmaceuticals.

• When does the fiscal year end for Galmed Pharmaceuticals?

  Galmed Pharmaceuticals's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Galmed Pharmaceuticals based?

  Galmed Pharmaceuticals's address is: 16 Tiomkin Street, Tel Aviv, Israel, 6578317

• What is Galmed Pharmaceuticals's ISIN number?

  Galmed Pharmaceuticals's international securities identification number is: IL0011313900

• What is Galmed Pharmaceuticals's CUSIP number?

  Galmed Pharmaceuticals's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: M47238106