How to buy Adams Resources-and-Energy stock | $21.62

Adams Resources & Energy, Inc is an oil & gas integrated business based in the US. Adams Resources-and-Energy shares (AE) are listed on the NYSE MKT and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Adams Resources-and-Energy employs 664 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.2 billion.

How to buy shares in Adams Resources-and-Energy

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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 Adams Resources-and-Energy. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: AE. 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 Adams Resources-and-Energy 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$21.62, 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 Adams Resources-and-Energy, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Adams Resources-and-Energy. 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.

Adams Resources-and-Energy share price

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Adams Resources-and-Energy shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-26.

Latest market close	USD$21.62
52-week range	USD$14.7304 - USD$38.0763
50-day moving average	USD$26.6815
200-day moving average	USD$23.4904
Wall St. target price	USD$27.28
PE ratio	14.1753
Dividend yield	USD$0.96 (3.45%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.403

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Adams Resources-and-Energy price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $21.62 from 2020-10-19

1 week (2021-01-14)	-13.49%
1 month (2020-12-24)	-19.66%
3 months (2020-10-23)	0.79%
6 months (2020-07-24)	-1.73%

1 year (2020-01-23)	-39.93%
2 years (2019-01-23)	-47.02%
3 years (2018-01-23)	47.05
5 years (2016-01-22)	33.52

Is Adams Resources-and-Energy under- or over-valued?

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

Adams Resources-and-Energy's P/E ratio

Adams Resources-and-Energy's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 14x. In other words, Adams Resources-and-Energy shares trade at around 14x recent earnings.

Adams Resources-and-Energy's EBITDA

Adams Resources-and-Energy's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$10.2 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Adams Resources-and-Energy's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Adams Resources-and-Energy financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.2 billion
Gross profit TTM	USD$34.6 million
Return on assets TTM	-1.7%
Return on equity TTM	-1.5%
Profit margin	-0.18%
Book value	$33.964
Market capitalisation	USD$114.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Adams Resources-and-Energy shares

There are currently 17,227 Adams Resources-and-Energy shares held short by investors – that's known as Adams Resources-and-Energy's "short interest". This figure is 17.4% down from 20,848 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Adams Resources-and-Energy shares can be evaluated.

Adams Resources-and-Energy's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Adams Resources-and-Energy's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Adams Resources-and-Energy shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Adams Resources-and-Energy shares traded daily (recently around 7902.2935779817). Adams Resources-and-Energy's SIR currently stands at 2.18. In other words for every 100,000 Adams Resources-and-Energy shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2180 shares are currently held short.

However Adams Resources-and-Energy's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Adams Resources-and-Energy shares, or, against the total number of tradable Adams Resources-and-Energy shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Adams Resources-and-Energy's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Adams Resources-and-Energy shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0079% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Adams Resources-and-Energy shares, roughly 8 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 Adams Resources-and-Energy.

Find out more about how you can short Adams Resources-and-Energy stock.

Adams Resources-and-Energy share dividends

We're not expecting Adams Resources-and-Energy to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Adams Resources-and-Energy's shares ever split?

Adams Resources-and-Energy's shares were split on a 1:2 basis on 10 February 1992. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Adams Resources-and-Energy shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 100% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Adams Resources-and-Energy shares which in turn could have impacted Adams Resources-and-Energy's share price.

Adams Resources-and-Energy share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Adams Resources-and-Energy's shares have ranged in value from as little as $14.7304 up to $38.0763. 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 (NYSE MKT average) beta is 1, while Adams Resources-and-Energy's is 1.2682. This would suggest that Adams Resources-and-Energy's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Adams Resources-and-Energy overview

Adams Resources & Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, primarily engages in the marketing, transportation, and storage of crude oil in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Crude Oil Marketing, Transportation and Storage; and Tank Truck Transportation of Liquid Chemicals and Dry Bulk. The Crude Oil Marketing, Transportation and Storage segment purchases crude oil, and arranges sales and deliveries to refiners and other customers primarily onshore in Texas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Michigan, and Louisiana. This segment owns and operates a fleet of 256 tractor-trailer rigs and maintains approximately 179 pipeline inventory locations or injection stations. The Tank Truck Transportation of Liquid Chemicals and Dry Bulk segment transports liquid chemicals and dry bulk on a for hire basis in the continental United States and into Canada and Mexico. It operates truck terminals in Houston, Corpus Christi, Nederland, and Freeport, Texas; Baton Rouge, St. Rose, and Boutte, Louisiana; Mobile, Alabama; and Charlotte, North Carolina. Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Adams Resources-and-Energy is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 49.042% of Adams Resources-and-Energy shares are held by insiders and 38.365% by institutions.

• How many people work for Adams Resources-and-Energy?

  Latest data suggests 664 work at Adams Resources-and-Energy.

• When does the fiscal year end for Adams Resources-and-Energy?

  Adams Resources-and-Energy's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Adams Resources-and-Energy based?

  Adams Resources-and-Energy's address is: 17 South Briar Hollow Lane, Houston, TX, United States, 77027

• What is Adams Resources-and-Energy's ISIN number?

  Adams Resources-and-Energy's international securities identification number is: US0063513081

• What is Adams Resources-and-Energy's CUSIP number?

  Adams Resources-and-Energy's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 006351308