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NantKwest, Inc is a biotechnology business based in the US. NantKwest shares (NK) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. NantKwest employs 160 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$99,000.

How to buy shares in NantKwest

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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 NantKwest. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: NK. 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 NantKwest 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$8.38, 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 NantKwest, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of NantKwest. 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 NantKwest's share price?

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

Its last market close was USD$8.38, which is 31.38% up on its pre-crash value of USD$5.75 and 222.31% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$2.6.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of NantKwest shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$421.53 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$1,252.64.

NantKwest share price

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NantKwest shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-11-27.

Latest market close	USD$8.38
52-week range	USD$1.35 - USD$15.7
50-day moving average	USD$8.2399
200-day moving average	USD$8.7656
Wall St. target price	USD$13
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-0.893

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Is it a good time to buy NantKwest stock?

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NantKwest price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $8.38 from 2020-11-16

1 week (2020-11-20)	N/A
1 month (2020-10-30)	11.58%
3 months (2020-08-28)	N/A
6 months (2020-05-28)	N/A

1 year (2019-11-27)	N/A
2 years (2018-11-27)	N/A
3 years (2017-11-27)	N/A
5 years (2015-11-27)	N/A

Is NantKwest under- or over-valued?

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

NantKwest's PEG ratio

NantKwest's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.56. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into NantKwest's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

NantKwest financials

Revenue TTM	USD$99,000
Gross profit TTM	USD$43,000
Return on assets TTM	-28.19%
Return on equity TTM	-53.34%
Profit margin	0%
Book value	$1.369
Market capitalisation	USD$947.5 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting NantKwest shares

There are currently 6.8 million NantKwest shares held short by investors – that's known as NantKwest's "short interest". This figure is 6.2% up from 6.4 million last month.

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

NantKwest's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

NantKwest's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of NantKwest shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of NantKwest shares traded daily (recently around 954684.95077356). NantKwest's SIR currently stands at 7.11. In other words for every 100,000 NantKwest shares traded daily on the market, roughly 7110 shares are currently held short.

However NantKwest's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of NantKwest shares, or, against the total number of tradable NantKwest shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case NantKwest's short interest could be expressed as 0.06% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 NantKwest shares in existence, roughly 60 shares are currently held short) or 0.1808% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable NantKwest shares, roughly 181 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 NantKwest.

Find out more about how you can short NantKwest stock.

NantKwest share dividends

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

Have NantKwest's shares ever split?

NantKwest's shares were split on a 8:1 basis on 17 August 2012. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 8 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your NantKwest shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 87.5% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for NantKwest shares which in turn could have impacted NantKwest's share price.

NantKwest share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, NantKwest's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.35 up to $15.7. 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 NantKwest's is 2.5231. This would suggest that NantKwest's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

NantKwest overview

NantKwest, Inc., a clinical-stage immunotherapy company, develops immunotherapeutic treatments for cancer and viral infectious diseases in the United States. The company develops activated natural killer (aNK) cell, a natural killer cell-line and genetically modified derivative capable of killing cancer and virally infected cells; and Nant cancer vaccine, a personalized therapy that utilizes its off-the-shelf natural killer cells. It is also developing high-affinity natural killer (haNK) product candidates primarily for the treatment of various cancers; and tank and t-haNK product candidates to treat solid tumors. NantKwest, Inc. has a co-development agreement with Altor BioScience, LLC to collaborate on the development of therapeutic applications combining the company's proprietary natural killer cells with Altor's N-801 and/or N-803 products; collaboration with Be The Match BioTherapies for the development of cell therapy to prevent COVID-19 deaths; and strategic alliance with Immunitybio. It also has a collaboration with CBR Systems, Inc. to develop a COVID-19 treatment leveraging newborn stem cells. The company was formerly known as Conkwest, Inc. and changed its name to NantKwest, Inc. in July 2015. NantKwest, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Frequently asked questions

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

  Currently 66.262% of NantKwest shares are held by insiders and 9.568% by institutions.

• How many people work for NantKwest?

  Latest data suggests 160 work at NantKwest.

• When does the fiscal year end for NantKwest?

  NantKwest's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is NantKwest based?

  NantKwest's address is: 3530 John Hopkins Court, San Diego, CA, United States, 92121

• What is NantKwest's ISIN number?

  NantKwest's international securities identification number is: US63016Q1022

• What is NantKwest's CUSIP number?

  NantKwest's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 63016Q102