How to buy ACM Research stock

ACM Research, Inc is a semiconductor equipment & materials business based in the US. ACM Research shares (ACMR) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. ACM Research employs 543 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

ACM Research share price

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ACM Research shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-30.

52-week range	$34.57 - $144.81
50-day moving average	$85.40
200-day moving average	$87.77
Wall St. target price	$135.73
PE ratio	88.7079
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.89

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Is ACM Research under- or over-valued?

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

ACM Research's P/E ratio

ACM Research's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 89x. In other words, ACM Research shares trade at around 89x 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.

ACM Research's EBITDA

ACM Research's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $22.5 million.

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

ACM Research financials

Revenue TTM	$156.6 million
Operating margin TTM	13.72%
Gross profit TTM	$69.6 million
Return on assets TTM	4.81%
Return on equity TTM	11.86%
Profit margin	11.99%
Book value	$7.55
Market capitalisation	$1.5 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting ACM Research shares

There are currently 915,456 ACM Research shares held short by investors – that's known as ACM Research's "short interest". This figure is 12.3% down from 1.0 million last month.

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

ACM Research's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

ACM Research's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of ACM Research shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of ACM Research shares traded daily (recently around 250124.59016393). ACM Research's SIR currently stands at 3.66. In other words for every 100,000 ACM Research shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3660 shares are currently held short.

However ACM Research's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of ACM Research shares, or, against the total number of tradable ACM Research shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case ACM Research's short interest could be expressed as 0.05% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 ACM Research shares in existence, roughly 50 shares are currently held short) or 0.0656% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable ACM Research shares, roughly 66 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against ACM Research.

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ACM Research share dividends

We're not expecting ACM Research to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

ACM Research share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, ACM Research's shares have ranged in value from as little as $34.57 up to $144.807. 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 ACM Research's is 0.7898. This would suggest that ACM Research's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

ACM Research overview

ACM Research, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells single-wafer wet cleaning equipment for enhancing the manufacturing process and yield for integrated chips worldwide. It offers space alternated phase shift technology for flat and patterned wafer surfaces, which employs alternating phases of megasonic waves to deliver megasonic energy in a uniform manner on a microscopic level; timely energized bubble oscillation technology for patterned wafer surfaces at advanced process nodes, which provides cleaning for 2D and 3D patterned wafers with fine feature sizes; Tahoe technology for delivering cleaning performance using less sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide; and electro-chemical plating technology for advanced metal plating. The company markets and sells its products under the Ultra C brand name through direct sales force and third-party representatives. ACM Research, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Fremont, California. .

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of ACM Research is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 29.023% of ACM Research shares are held by insiders and 39.104% by institutions.

• How many people work for ACM Research?

  Latest data suggests 543 work at ACM Research.

• When does the fiscal year end for ACM Research?

  ACM Research's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is ACM Research based?

  ACM Research's address is: 42307 Osgood Road, Fremont, CA, United States, 94539

• What is ACM Research's ISIN number?

  ACM Research's international securities identification number is: US00108J1097

• What is ACM Research's CUSIP number?

  ACM Research's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 00108J109