Opko Health Inc (OPK)

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Opko Health
Opko Health Inc.’s (NASDAQ: OPK) short interest increased more than 2% from in the previous period to almost 66.70 million shares on the most recent settlement date. That was the greatest level of short interest so far this year, and it represented 20.4% of the total float. At the latest daily average trading volume, a year to date low, the days to cover figure was more than 16.

For well more than a year, the CEO frequently has bought batches of Opko shares. The stock closed most recently at $3.00 a share, in a 52-week trading range of $2.66 to $7.90. By the end of the two-week short-interest period, the share price was a more than 5% lower, despite being up about 5% at one point. The stock currently is down more than 39% since the beginning of the year.

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