How to buy SIGA Technologies stock

SIGA Technologies, Inc is a biotechnology business based in the US. SIGA Technologies shares (SIGA) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. SIGA Technologies employs 42 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

SIGA Technologies share price

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SIGA Technologies shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-23.

52-week range	$5.25 - $7.85
50-day moving average	$6.89
200-day moving average	$6.94
Wall St. target price	$11.00
PE ratio	10.2958
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.71

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Is SIGA Technologies under- or over-valued?

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

SIGA Technologies's P/E ratio

SIGA Technologies's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 10x. In other words, SIGA Technologies shares trade at around 10x recent earnings.

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

SIGA Technologies's EBITDA

SIGA Technologies's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $85 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a SIGA Technologies's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

SIGA Technologies financials

Revenue TTM	$125 million
Operating margin TTM	67.62%
Gross profit TTM	$98.5 million
Return on assets TTM	30.32%
Return on equity TTM	49.52%
Profit margin	45.09%
Book value	$1.68
Market capitalisation	$557.3 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting SIGA Technologies shares

There are currently 1.9 million SIGA Technologies shares held short by investors – that's known as SIGA Technologies's "short interest". This figure is 4.7% up from 1.8 million last month.

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

SIGA Technologies's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

SIGA Technologies's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of SIGA Technologies shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of SIGA Technologies shares traded daily (recently around 334449.74093264). SIGA Technologies's SIR currently stands at 5.79. In other words for every 100,000 SIGA Technologies shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5790 shares are currently held short.

However SIGA Technologies's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of SIGA Technologies shares, or, against the total number of tradable SIGA Technologies shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case SIGA Technologies's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 SIGA Technologies shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.039% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable SIGA Technologies shares, roughly 39 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 SIGA Technologies.

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SIGA Technologies share dividends

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

SIGA Technologies share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, SIGA Technologies's shares have ranged in value from as little as $5.25 up to $7.85. 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 SIGA Technologies's is 0.7959. This would suggest that SIGA Technologies's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

SIGA Technologies overview

SIGA Technologies, Inc. , a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company, focuses on the health security and infectious disease markets in the United States. Its lead product is TPOXX, an orally administered antiviral drug for the treatment of human smallpox disease caused by variola virus. SIGA Technologies, Inc. has a strategic partnership with Cipla Therapeutics to deliver sustained innovation and access to antibacterial drugs primarily against biothreats. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, New York. .

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of SIGA Technologies is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 42.14% of SIGA Technologies shares are held by insiders and 34.338% by institutions.

• How many people work for SIGA Technologies?

  Latest data suggests 42 work at SIGA Technologies.

• When does the fiscal year end for SIGA Technologies?

  SIGA Technologies's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is SIGA Technologies based?

  SIGA Technologies's address is: 31 East 62nd Street, New York, NY, United States, 10065

• What is SIGA Technologies's ISIN number?

  SIGA Technologies's international securities identification number is: US8269171067

• What is SIGA Technologies's CUSIP number?

  SIGA Technologies's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 826917106