How to buy Vir Biotechnology stock | $40.21

Vir Biotechnology Inc is a biotechnology business based in the US. Vir Biotechnology shares (VIR) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Vir Biotechnology employs 367 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Vir Biotechnology stock price (NASDAQ: VIR)

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Vir Biotechnology shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-10-23.

Latest market close	$40.21
52-week range	$25.31 - $83.50
50-day moving average	$43.72
200-day moving average	$43.61
Wall St. target price	$68.14
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$-2.33

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Vir Biotechnology price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $40.21 from 2021-10-22

1 week (2021-10-18)	3.63%
1 month (2021-09-24)	-8.24%
3 months (2021-07-23)	9.00%
6 months (2021-04-23)	-17.79%

1 year (2020-10-23)	15.85%
2 years (2019-10-25)	174.66%
3 years (2018-10-21)	N/A
5 years (2016-10-21)	N/A

Vir Biotechnology financials

Revenue TTM	$182.7 million
Gross profit TTM	$-196,511,000
Return on assets TTM	-18.69%
Return on equity TTM	-45.71%
Profit margin	-162.74%
Book value	$5.65
Market capitalisation	$5.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Vir Biotechnology shares

There are currently 5.2 million Vir Biotechnology shares held short by investors – that's known as Vir Biotechnology's "short interest". This figure is 8.1% down from 5.7 million last month.

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

Vir Biotechnology's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Vir Biotechnology's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Vir Biotechnology shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Vir Biotechnology shares traded daily (recently around 858538.7888707). Vir Biotechnology's SIR currently stands at 6.11. In other words for every 100,000 Vir Biotechnology shares traded daily on the market, roughly 6110 shares are currently held short.

However Vir Biotechnology's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Vir Biotechnology shares, or, against the total number of tradable Vir Biotechnology shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Vir Biotechnology's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Vir Biotechnology shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.0754% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Vir Biotechnology shares, roughly 75 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 Vir Biotechnology.

Find out more about how you can short Vir Biotechnology stock.

Vir Biotechnology share dividends

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

Vir Biotechnology share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Vir Biotechnology's shares have ranged in value from as little as $25.31 up to $83.5. 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 Vir Biotechnology's is -1.314. This would suggest that Vir Biotechnology's shares have been inversely-correlated to the average (for this exchange) – so when the broader market trended up or down, Vir Biotechnology has bucked the trend.

Vir Biotechnology overview

Vir Biotechnology, Inc. , a clinical-stage immunology company, develops therapeutic products to treat and prevent serious infectious diseases. It develops VIR-2218 and VIR-3434 for the treatment of hepatitis B virus; VIR-2482 for the prevention of influenza A virus; VIR-1111 for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus; and VIR-2020 for the prevention of tuberculosis. The company has grant agreements with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and National Institutes of Health; an option and license agreement with Brii Biosciences Limited and Brii Biosciences Offshore Limited; a collaboration and license agreement with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ; a collaboration, license, and option agreement with Visterra, Inc. ; license agreements with The Rockefeller University and MedImmune, Inc. ; collaboration with WuXi Biologics and Glaxo Wellcome UK Ltd.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Vir Biotechnology is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 13.133% of Vir Biotechnology shares are held by insiders and 76.302% by institutions. How many people work for Vir Biotechnology?
Latest data suggests 367 work at Vir Biotechnology. When does the fiscal year end for Vir Biotechnology?
Vir Biotechnology's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Vir Biotechnology based?
Vir Biotechnology's address is: 499 Illinois Street, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94158 What is Vir Biotechnology's ISIN number?
Vir Biotechnology's international securities identification number is: US92764N1028 What is Vir Biotechnology's CUSIP number?
Vir Biotechnology's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 92764N102