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Benitec Biopharma Inc. (BNTC)

Healthcare | Biotechnology | Hayward, United States | NasdaqCM
14.08 USD +0.62 (4.606%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 14.08

Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:55 p.m. EDT

Short-term rebound momentum is building as the stock tests 52-week highs, supported by positive trial data and a recent public offering to fund operations. The stock is technically above key moving averages but carries significant valuation risk given negative earnings and a high short interest ratio. While the immediate catalysts (BB-301 data) justify a cautious long entry, the fundamental value trap remains without positive EPS turning points.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.097060
AutoTheta0.097374
AutoARIMA0.099512
MSTL0.108448

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 63%
H-stat 1.72
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.274
Excess Kurtosis -0.46
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Last Dividend Date 2018-05-31
Debt to Equity Ratio 0.527
Market Cap 482,309,088
Forward P/E -1.49
Beta 0.12
Website https://benitec.com

As of April 18, 2026, 10:55 p.m. EDT: Options flow indicates mild bullish sentiment with higher Open Interest (OI) in call strikes (12.5, 15.0) compared to out-of-the-money puts. March calls show notable OTM positioning at 15.0 despite low volume, suggesting an expectation of a move higher by April 17. Put positioning is minimal and mostly deep OTM (5.0 strike), implying near-term risk sellers are not active. Implied volatility is elevated for short moves (atm_iv 9.97 for April 17 puts vs 1.67 for calls), potentially signaling a larger expected drop if protection is being bought, but overall positioning leans slightly upside. The Ljung-Box p-value suggests strong autocorrelation in returns, but the negative predicted direction (-2.75%) and high H-stat imply the model detects volatility clustering that might dampen immediate trend clarity.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2018-06-01 0.765 0.118203
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.765
lastDividendDate 2018-06-01
dividendDate 2019-11-18

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.020289898
Address1 3,940 Trust Way
All Time High 5,916.0
All Time Low 1.86
Ask 14.23
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 10
Average Daily Volume10 Day 116,410
Average Daily Volume3 Month 157,446
Average Volume 157,446
Average Volume10Days 116,410
Beta 0.123
Bid 13.89
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 6
Book Value 5.47
City Hayward
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 10
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 14.08
Current Ratio 67.688
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 14.12
Day Low 13.365
Debt To Equity 0.527
Dividend Date 1,574,035,200
Earnings Timestamp 1,770,903,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,761,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,761,800
Ebitda -48,295,000
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Ebitda -6.127
Enterprise Value 295,906,016
Eps Forward -9.42
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -1.08
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NCM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 11.3837
Fifty Day Average Change 2.6962996
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.23685616
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 2.0289898
Fifty Two Week High 17.15
Fifty Two Week High Change -3.0699997
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.17900874
Fifty Two Week Low 9.85
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.2299995
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.42944157
Fifty Two Week Range 9.85 - 17.15
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,403,616,600,000
Float Shares 17,825,433
Forward Eps -9.42
Forward P E -1.4946921
Free Cashflow -4,355,125
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Full Time Employees 19
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.0
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.02707
Held Percent Institutions 0.96358
Implied Shares Outstanding 34,254,908
Industry Biotechnology
Industry Disp Biotechnology
Industry Key biotechnology
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,527,811,200
Last Dividend Value 0.765
Last Fiscal Year End 1,751,241,600
Last Split Date 1,690,329,600
Last Split Factor 1:17
Long Business Summary Benitec Biopharma Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, focuses on the development of novel genetic medicines. Its Silence and Replace, a DNA-directedRNA interference platform combines RNA interference with gene therapy to create medicines that simultaneously facilitate sustained silencing of disease-causing genes and concomitant delivery of wildtype replacement genes following a single administration of the therapeutic construct. The company is developing BB-301, an AAV-based gene therapy designed to silence the expression of the disease-causing gene for the treatment of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy related dysphagia. Benitec Biopharma Inc. is headquartered in Hayward, California.
Long Name Benitec Biopharma Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 482,309,088
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_4492928
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common -44,108,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,782,777,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 484,052,566
Number Of Analyst Opinions 6
Open 13.46
Operating Cashflow -18,426,000
Operating Margins 0.0
Overall Risk 10
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 510 780 0819
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 14.08
Post Market Time 1,776,456,604
Previous Close 13.46
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.5740404
Profit Margins 0.0
Quick Ratio 67.447
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.62
Regular Market Change Percent 4.60624
Regular Market Day High 14.12
Regular Market Day Low 13.365
Regular Market Day Range 13.365 - 14.12
Regular Market Open 13.46
Regular Market Previous Close 13.46
Regular Market Price 14.08
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,001
Regular Market Volume 136,594
Return On Assets -0.22405
Return On Equity -0.33504
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 34,254,907
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0671
Shares Short 2,305,987
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 2,018,595
Short Name Benitec Biopharma Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1188
Short Ratio 10.98
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol BNTC
Target High Price 32.0
Target Low Price 17.0
Target Mean Price 24.16667
Target Median Price 24.0
Total Cash 188,790,000
Total Cash Per Share 5.495
Total Debt 987,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -1.08
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 12.698225
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.3817749
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.108816385
Type Disp Equity
Volume 136,594
Website https://benitec.com
Zip 94,545