IO Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ:IOBT – Get Free Report) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 32,300 shares, a growth of 32.9% from the February 13th total of 24,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 181,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
IO Biotech Stock Down 1.3 %
Shares of IOBT traded down $0.01 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $0.88. The company had a trading volume of 41,813 shares, compared to its average volume of 128,927. The firm has a market cap of $57.90 million, a P/E ratio of -0.64 and a beta of 0.22. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $0.92 and its 200 day moving average price is $0.97. IO Biotech has a 52-week low of $0.66 and a 52-week high of $1.85.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of IOBT. Vontobel Holding Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of IO Biotech in the fourth quarter worth about $30,000. Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. bought a new stake in shares of IO Biotech in the fourth quarter worth about $407,000. Renaissance Technologies LLC grew its stake in shares of IO Biotech by 22.5% in the fourth quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 118,800 shares of the company’s stock worth $109,000 after purchasing an additional 21,800 shares during the last quarter. XTX Topco Ltd bought a new stake in shares of IO Biotech in the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Finally, Dauntless Investment Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of IO Biotech in the fourth quarter worth about $688,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 54.76% of the company’s stock.
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IO Biotech Company Profile
IO Biotech, Inc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops immune-modulating therapeutic cancer vaccines based on the T-win technology platform. The company's lead product candidate, IO102-IO103, which is designed to target immunosuppressive mechanisms mediated by Indoleamine 2,3-dehydrogenase (IDO), and programmed death-ligand (PD-L1) that is in phase 3 clinical trial to treat melanoma, as well as in phase 2 clinical trial to treat lung, head and neck, bladder, and melanoma cancer.
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