How to buy Veracyte stock

Veracyte, Inc is a biotechnology business based in the US. Veracyte shares (VCYT) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Veracyte employs 320 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$117.5 million.

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3. Search for Veracyte. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: VCYT. 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 Veracyte 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 Veracyte, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Veracyte. 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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What's in this guide?

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

Veracyte share price

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Veracyte shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-03-03.

52-week range	USD$13.9 - USD$86.03
50-day moving average	USD$63.2215
200-day moving average	USD$47.4356
Wall St. target price	USD$84.83
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-0.288

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Shorting Veracyte shares

There are currently 2.7 million Veracyte shares held short by investors – that's known as Veracyte's "short interest". This figure is 32.3% down from 4.0 million last month.

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

Veracyte's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Veracyte's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Veracyte shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Veracyte shares traded daily (recently around 1.0 million). Veracyte's SIR currently stands at 2.7. In other words for every 100,000 Veracyte shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2700 shares are currently held short.

However Veracyte's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Veracyte shares, or, against the total number of tradable Veracyte shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Veracyte's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Veracyte shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.041% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Veracyte shares, roughly 41 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 Veracyte.

Find out more about how you can short Veracyte stock.

Veracyte share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Veracyte's shares have ranged in value from as little as $13.9 up to $86.03. 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 Veracyte's is 0.6932. This would suggest that Veracyte's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Veracyte overview

Veracyte, Inc. operates as a genomic diagnostics company in the United States and internationally. The company offers Afirma Genomic Sequencing Classifier and Xpression Atlas, which are used to identify patients with benign thyroid nodules among those with indeterminate cytopathology results in order to rule out unnecessary thyroid surgery; Percepta Genomic Sequencing Classifier for lung cancer; Envisia Genomic Classifier that help physicians to differentiate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis from other interstitial lung diseases without the need for surgery; and Prosigna Breast Cancer Prognostic Gene Signature Assay test for assessing risk of distant recurrence. It sells its products through product specialists, account managers, and medical science specialists. Veracyte, Inc. has a strategic collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation and the Lung Cancer Initiative at Johnson & Johnson to advance the development and commercialization of novel diagnostic tests to detect lung cancer at its earliest stages; a research collaboration with Loxo Oncology for the development of therapies for patients with genetically defined cancers; and a collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc. The company was formerly known as Calderome, Inc. and changed its name to Veracyte, Inc. in March 2008. Veracyte, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.

Frequently asked questions

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

  Currently 0.765% of Veracyte shares are held by insiders and 107.642% by institutions.

• How many people work for Veracyte?

  Latest data suggests 320 work at Veracyte.

• When does the fiscal year end for Veracyte?

  Veracyte's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Veracyte based?

  Veracyte's address is: 6000 Shoreline Court, South San Francisco, CA, United States, 94080

• What is Veracyte's ISIN number?

  Veracyte's international securities identification number is: US92337F1075

• What is Veracyte's CUSIP number?

  Veracyte's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 92337F107