Beneficient (BENF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Beneficient, a technology-enabled financial services company, provides liquidity solutions and related trustee, custody and trust administrative services to participants in the alternative asset industry in the United States. It operates through Ben Liquidity, Ben Custody, and Customer ExAlt Trusts segments. The company offers Ben AltAccess platform for secure, online, and end-to-end delivery of each of the Ben business unit products and services, including upload documents, and work through tasks, and complete their transactions with standardized transaction agreements. It also provides Ben Liquidity, which offers alternative asset liquidity and fiduciary financing products; Ben Custody that provides custody and trust administration services to trustees and document custodian services to customers; and Ben Markets, which provides broker-dealer and transfer agency services. In addition, the company provides Ben Insurance Services, which offers insurance products and services; and Ben Data that provides data collection, evaluation, and analytics products and services. It serves individual and institutional investors, wealth advisors, and general partners. Beneficient is based in Dallas, Texas.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $0.79 to $0.90
• 50-Day Range: $0.82 to $1.89
• 52-Week Range: $0.72 to $51.14
• Volume: 827,781 shs
• Average Volume: 2.01 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.81 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

Beneficient Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Beneficient scored higher than 38% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for Beneficient.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Beneficient are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($2.02) to $0.08 per share.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.77% of the float of Beneficient has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Beneficient has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Beneficient has recently increased by 24.84%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Beneficient does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Beneficient does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.77% of the float of Beneficient has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Beneficient has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Beneficient has recently increased by 24.84%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.08

News Sentiment

Beneficient has a news sentiment score of 1.08. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.78 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Beneficient this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 3 people have searched for BENF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Beneficient insiders have sold 1,396.49% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $129,849.00 in company stock and sold $1,943,176.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

13.69% of the stock of Beneficient is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

90.57% of the stock of Beneficient is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

BENF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have BENF shares performed this year?

Beneficient's stock was trading at $38.8880 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, BENF stock has decreased by 97.7% and is now trading at $0.8964.
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When did Beneficient's stock split?

Shares of Beneficient reverse split before market open on Thursday, April 18th 2024. The 1-80 reverse split was announced on Thursday, April 18th 2024. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the market closes on Thursday, April 18th 2024. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 1 shares after the split.

Who are Beneficient's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Beneficient include State Street Corp (1.40%) and Stifel Financial Corp (0.57%). Insiders that own company stock include Gwg Wind Down Trust, Peter T Cangany Jr, Jeff Welday and Maria S Rutledge.
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How do I buy shares of Beneficient?

Shares of BENF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Beneficient own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Beneficient investors own include Evitrade Health Systems (AXHLF), BigBear.ai (BBAI), MSP Recovery (LIFW), MSP Recovery (LIFW), Maxeon Solar Technologies (MAXN), Meta Platforms (META) and NIO (NIO).

Company Calendar

• Today: 11/21/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Holding & other investment offices
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:BENF
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: 1775734
• Web: www.trustben.com
• Phone: 214 445-4700
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 80
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 4,250,000
• Free Float: 3,665,000
• Market Cap: $3.81 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: -1.07