Royce & Associates LP Has $5.07 Million Position in SIGA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIGA)

Royce & Associates LP lowered its holdings in shares of SIGA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIGA) by 1.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 844,320 shares of the company’s stock after selling 14,486 shares during the period. Royce & Associates LP owned about 1.18% of SIGA Technologies worth $5,074,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in SIGA Technologies by 152.6% during the third quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 2,048,440 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,827,000 after buying an additional 1,237,620 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in SIGA Technologies by 6.3% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,112,743 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,512,000 after buying an additional 66,344 shares in the last quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund boosted its stake in SIGA Technologies by 19.1% during the fourth quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 589,620 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,544,000 after buying an additional 94,490 shares in the last quarter. Legato Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in SIGA Technologies by 14.1% during the fourth quarter. Legato Capital Management LLC now owns 532,441 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,200,000 after buying an additional 65,800 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of SIGA Technologies by 5.0% during the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 507,262 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,424,000 after acquiring an additional 24,101 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 55.40% of the company’s stock.

SIGA Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ SIGA opened at $5.74 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $410.05 million, a PE ratio of 4.78 and a beta of 0.98. The business has a fifty day moving average of $5.94 and a two-hundred day moving average of $6.57. SIGA Technologies, Inc. has a 52-week low of $5.16 and a 52-week high of $12.83.

SIGA Technologies (NASDAQ:SIGA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported $0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of $81.40 million during the quarter. SIGA Technologies had a return on equity of 49.06% and a net margin of 49.33%. Analysts predict that SIGA Technologies, Inc. will post 1.04 earnings per share for the current year.

About SIGA Technologies

SIGA Technologies, Inc, a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company, focuses on the health security related markets in the United States. Its lead product is TPOXX, an oral formulation antiviral drug for the treatment of human smallpox disease caused by variola virus. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, New York.