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Opthea Limited (ASX: OPT) - Share Price and Research

- Current share price for OPT : $0.675

Opthea Limited (OPT), an ASX-listed company, develops and commercialize therapies primarily for eye disease. Opthea's lead asset, sozinibercept (OPT-302), is a soluble form of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-3 “VEGFR-3" in clinical development as a novel therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME). Wet AMD and DME are leading causes of blindness in the elderly and diabetic populations respectively and are increasing in prevalence worldwide.

OPT General Information +

ASX Code OPT
Website http://www.opthea.com
Industry/Sector Biotechnology
Market Cap ($M) 447
OPT Share Price $0.675
Day High $0.720
Day Low $0.665
Last Close $0.675
OPT Share Price Movement - ( No change )
Prices as at 16:40, 23 Apr 2024
+Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.
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OPT Related Research

Opthea Limited (OPT) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

There are no dividends for Opthea Limited (OPT). Please use our Upcoming Dividends tool to search for dividends across all ASX-listed securities.

Opthea Limited (OPT) Recent ASX Announcements

Headline Annoucement date/time+ Price at announcement+ Current price+ Price 7D Avg Gain/Loss
Notification regarding unquoted securities - OPT 15 Apr 2024 11:19AM $0.700 $0.675 $0.660 fallen by 3.57%
Notification regarding unquoted securities - OPT 15 Apr 2024 10:54AM $0.695 $0.675 $0.660 fallen by 2.88%
Opthea Appoints John Han, PharmD, as VP Medical Affairs 9 Apr 2024 8:23AM $0.745 $0.675 $0.660 fallen by 9.40%
  • + Company announcements and prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes. Prices are indicative only.

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OPT Financial Summary

Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2025F C2 -$5.00 -13.40% 0.00 0.00 0.00% 0.0%
2024F C2 -$5.80 -87.40% 0.00 0.00 0.00% 0.0%
2023A -$214.96 -$45.80 26.70% 0.00 0.00 0.00% 0.0%

OPT Peer Comparison

Company Mkt Cap EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
2023 A 2024 F 2025 F 2023 A 2024 F 2025 F 2023 A 2024 F 2025 F
CSL (CSL) $133,122M -0.0712 0.1072 0.1864 40.3170 36.4137 30.6930 1.29% 1.22% 1.37%
Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals (CUV) $714M 0.4665 0.2049 0.1566 24.1117 20.0112 17.3021 0.35% 0.49% 0.56%
Mesoblast (MSB) $908M -0.1037 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Opthea (OPT) $431M 0.2671 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Telix Pharmaceuticals (TLX) $4,659M -1.3767 0.0000 0.0000 111.7274 0.0000 0.0000 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

OPT Market Comparison

Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth
Company 0.00 0.00 -37.90 0.00
Market 0.40 15.10 1.10 1.04
Sector 1.35 21.50 1.92 0.97

OPT Directors

Name Position Start Date
Dr Jeremy Levin Non-Executive Chairman, Non-Executive Director 12 Oct 2020
Mr Lawrence Bernard Gozlan Non-Executive Director 24 Jul 2020
Dr Julia Haller Non-Executive Director 1 Jun 2021
Dr Susan Orr Non-Executive Director 21 Apr 2022
Mr Quinton Oswald Non-Executive Director 21 Apr 2022
Mr Anshul Thakral Non-Executive Director 7 Jun 2023
Mr Sujal Arun Shah Non-Executive Director 4 Apr 2024

Opthea Limited (OPT) Changes in Directors' Interest & Trades

Date of change Director Buy/Sell Security Type Qty Trade Price Value
1 Mar 2024 BALDWIN, Megan Sell Indirect Shares 3,012,277 $0.550 $1,656,752.350
1 Mar 2024 BALDWIN, Megan Sell Direct Shares 987,723 $0.550 $543,247.650
28 Nov 2022 BALDWIN, Megan Buy Indirect Shares 355,901 $0.480 $170,832.480

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OPT Management

Name Position
Judith Robertson Chief Commercial Officer
Frederic Guerard Chief Executive Officer
Timothy Morris Chief Financial Officer
Joel Naor Chief Medical Officer
Karen Adams Company Secretary,Vice President of Finance

OPT Substantial Shareholders

Under ASX rules large investors and investment funds must disclose when they own more than a 5% stake in Opthea Limited (OPT). However, you won't necessarily see their names in the company’s annual report, as many trade under nominee names. These shareholders are obliged to provide ongoing substantial notices relating to any change of 1% or more.

Holding Name
93,246,599 (20%) Regal Funds Management Pty Limited
33,322,088 (7.10%) USB Group AG
31,627,844 (6.80%) Bakers Brothers Life Sciences LP
23,425,608 (5%) Bank of America Corporation and its related bodies corporate

OPT Calendar of Events

Date Event
27 February 2025 Report (Interim)
26 September 2024 Report (Annual)
29 August 2024 Report (Prelim)

FAQs about Opthea Limited (OPT)

Opthea Limited's (OPT) current share price is $0.68. This constitutes a price movement of 2.27% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -10% below OPT's 12-month high of $0.75 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $0.68, Opthea Limited's (OPT) current share price of $0.68 constitutes a movement of or 0%. Opthea Limited's (OPT) share price movement is 2.27% when compared to 7 days ago and is -10% below OPT's 52-week high of $0.75.

Opthea Limited's (OPT) 52-week high is $0.75 which was reached on 2 Apr 2024. Relative to this, OPT's current share price of $0.68 constitutes a -$0.08 or -10% drop since that high of $0.75 per OPT share.

Opthea Limited's (OPT) 52-week low is $0.32 which was reached on 2 Oct 2023. Relative to this, OPT's current share price of $0.68 constitutes a $0.36 or 114.29% gain since that low of $0.32 per OPT share.

Over the last 12 months, Opthea Limited (OPT) has a daily average trading volume of 432,421 OPT shares per day.

Opthea Limited (OPT) has a current dividend yield of n/a this year. Last year's dividend yield was 0%. The dividend yield for OPT is a ratio that tells you the percentage of Opthea Limited's (OPT) share price that it pays out in dividends each year.

Opthea Limited (OPT) has a franking level of 0%. Franking represents the tax Opthea Limited (OPT) has already paid on any profit it distributes to shareholders as a dividend.

Opthea Limited (OPT) will release its next Annual Report on 26 September 2024. Opthea Limited's (OPT) last annual report was released on 28 Sep 2023. Click here to view Opthea Limited's (OPT) last annual report.

Opthea Limited (OPT) is classified as Health Care. Other companies in this sector include CSL Limited (CSL), ResMed Inc. (RMD), Cochlear Limited (COH), and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited (FPH).

The price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio for Opthea Limited (OPT) is 0. The price-to-earnings ratio, also known as P/E ratio, P/E, or PER, is the ratio of Opthea Limited's (OPT) share price to its earnings per OPT share.

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