XOMA Co. (NASDAQ:XOMAO) Short Interest Up 26.7% in December

XOMA Co. (NASDAQ:XOMAO) saw a large increase in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,800 shares, an increase of 26.7% from the November 30th total of 3,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days.

XOMA Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ XOMAO opened at $25.68 on Monday. XOMA has a 1 year low of $23.50 and a 1 year high of $25.87. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $25.51 and a 200-day moving average price of $25.39.

XOMA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Friday, January 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.5234 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 3rd. This represents a $2.09 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 8.15%.

About XOMA

XOMA Corporation operates as a biotech royalty aggregator in the United States and the Asia Pacific. It has a portfolio of economic rights to future potential milestone and royalty payments associated with partnered commercial and pre-commercial therapeutic candidates. The company also focuses on early to mid-stage clinical assets primarily in Phase 1 and 2 with commercial sales potential that are licensed to partners; and acquires milestone and royalty revenue streams on late-stage clinical or commercial assets.