How to buy Acacia Communications stock | 67.19

Acacia Communications, Inc is a communication equipment business based in the US. Acacia Communications shares (ACIA) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Acacia Communications employs 429 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$548 million.

How to buy shares in Acacia Communications

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Acacia Communications. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ACIA. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Acacia Communications reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$67.19, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Acacia Communications, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Acacia Communications. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted Acacia Communications's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Acacia Communications's share price has had significant negative movement.

Its last market close was USD$67.19, which is 2.18% down on its pre-crash value of USD$68.685 and 10.84% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$60.62.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Acacia Communications shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$941.06 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$980.30.

Acacia Communications share price

Use our graph to track the performance of ACIA stocks over time.

Acacia Communications shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-11-19.

Latest market close	USD$67.19
52-week range	USD$60.62 - USD$69.27
50-day moving average	USD$67.8656
200-day moving average	USD$67.8507
Wall St. target price	USD$70
PE ratio	43.1063
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$1.599

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Acacia Communications price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $67.19 from 2020-10-19

1 week (2020-11-17)	-2.27%
1 month (2020-10-23)	-0.15%
3 months (2020-08-24)	-0.90%
6 months (2020-05-22)	-1.05%

1 year (2019-11-22)	0.83%
2 years (2018-11-23)	54.03%
3 years (2017-11-24)	67.98%
5 years (2015-11-20)	N/A

Is Acacia Communications under- or over-valued?

Valuing Acacia Communications stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Acacia Communications's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Acacia Communications's P/E ratio

Acacia Communications's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 43x. In other words, Acacia Communications shares trade at around 43x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Acacia Communications's PEG ratio

Acacia Communications's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 58.4. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Acacia Communications's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Acacia Communications's EBITDA

Acacia Communications's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$71.8 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Acacia Communications's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Acacia Communications financials

Revenue TTM	USD$548 million
Operating margin TTM	11.03%
Gross profit TTM	USD$220.7 million
Return on assets TTM	4.92%
Return on equity TTM	11.32%
Profit margin	12.56%
Book value	$15.702
Market capitalisation	USD$2.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Acacia Communications shares

There are currently 4.2 million Acacia Communications shares held short by investors – that's known as Acacia Communications's "short interest". This figure is 18.4% down from 5.1 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Acacia Communications shares can be evaluated.

Acacia Communications's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Acacia Communications's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Acacia Communications shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Acacia Communications shares traded daily (recently around 377346.60633484). Acacia Communications's SIR currently stands at 11.05. In other words for every 100,000 Acacia Communications shares traded daily on the market, roughly 11050 shares are currently held short.

However Acacia Communications's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Acacia Communications shares, or, against the total number of tradable Acacia Communications shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Acacia Communications's short interest could be expressed as 0.1% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Acacia Communications shares in existence, roughly 100 shares are currently held short) or 0.1073% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Acacia Communications shares, roughly 107 shares are currently held short).

A SIR above 10% would generally be considered pretty high, pointing to a potentially pessimistic outlook for the share price and a discouraging interest in betting against Acacia Communications.

Find out more about how you can short Acacia Communications stock.

Acacia Communications share dividends

We're not expecting Acacia Communications to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Acacia Communications share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Acacia Communications's shares have ranged in value from as little as $60.62 up to $69.27. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Acacia Communications's is 0.8327. This would suggest that Acacia Communications's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Acacia Communications overview

Acacia Communications, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells high-speed coherent optical interconnect products in the United States, China, Germany, Thailand, and internationally. The company offers embedded and pluggable module products consisting of optical interconnect modules with transmission speeds ranging from 100 to 1,200 gigabits per second for use in long-haul, metro, and inter-data center markets. It also provides semiconductor products, such as low-power coherent digital signal processor application-specific integrated circuits and silicon photonic integrated circuits that are integrated into embedded and pluggable modules. The company sells its products through a direct sales force to network equipment manufacturers, network operators, and cloud service providers. Acacia Communications, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Acacia Communications is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 7.855% of Acacia Communications shares are held by insiders and 92.825% by institutions.

• How many people work for Acacia Communications?

  Latest data suggests 429 work at Acacia Communications.

• When does the fiscal year end for Acacia Communications?

  Acacia Communications's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Acacia Communications based?

  Acacia Communications's address is: Three Mill and Main Place, Maynard, MA, United States, 01754

• What is Acacia Communications's ISIN number?

  Acacia Communications's international securities identification number is: US00401C1080

• What is Acacia Communications's CUSIP number?

  Acacia Communications's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 00401C108