How to buy ADTRAN stock

ADTRAN, Inc is a communication equipment business based in the US. ADTRAN shares (ADTN) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

How to buy shares in ADTRAN

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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 ADTRAN. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ADTN. 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 ADTRAN 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. 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 ADTRAN, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of ADTRAN. 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.

ADTRAN share price

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ADTRAN shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-23.

52-week range	USD$4.6657 - USD$18.3478
50-day moving average	USD$16.5129
200-day moving average	USD$13.1854
Wall St. target price	USD$18.58
PE ratio	327.6
Dividend yield	USD$0.36 (2.18%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.05

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ADTRAN financials

Revenue TTM	USD$506.5 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$218.1 million
Return on assets TTM	-0.41%
Return on equity TTM	0.63%
Profit margin	0.47%
Book value	$7.752
Market capitalisation	USD$785.5 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting ADTRAN shares

There are currently 1.6 million ADTRAN shares held short by investors – that's known as ADTRAN's "short interest". This figure is 12.9% up from 1.4 million last month.

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

ADTRAN's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

ADTRAN's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of ADTRAN shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of ADTRAN shares traded daily (recently around 292607.34463277). ADTRAN's SIR currently stands at 5.31. In other words for every 100,000 ADTRAN shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5310 shares are currently held short.

However ADTRAN's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of ADTRAN shares, or, against the total number of tradable ADTRAN shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case ADTRAN's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 ADTRAN shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0449% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable ADTRAN shares, roughly 45 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against ADTRAN.

Find out more about how you can short ADTRAN stock.

Have ADTRAN's shares ever split?

ADTRAN's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 16 December 2003. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your ADTRAN shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for ADTRAN shares which in turn could have impacted ADTRAN's share price.

ADTRAN share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, ADTRAN's shares have ranged in value from as little as $4.6657 up to $18.3478. 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 ADTRAN's is 1.4376. This would suggest that ADTRAN's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

ADTRAN overview

ADTRAN, Inc. provides networking and communications equipment for service providers, cable/multiple system operators, and distributed enterprises in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Network Solutions, and Services & Support segments. It offers fiber to the premises and fiber to the node (FTTN) multi-service access nodes (MSAN); fiber aggregation and FTTN MSAN; network management and subscriber services control and orchestration software; software defined networking -controlled programmable network elements; fiber to the distribution point units; optical line terminals and transport solutions; optical networking edge aggregation; IP digital subscriber line access multiplexers; cabinet and outside-plant enclosures and services; transceivers, cables, and other miscellaneous materials; and other products, software, and services. The company also provides broadband customer premise solutions and point-to-point Ethernet optical network terminals; radio frequency over glass micro nodes; residential gateway products and accessories; Wi-Fi access points; ethernet switches for multi-gigabit local area networking; SmartOS software licensing for residential and enterprise gateway, and Wi-Fi devices; cloud-based SaaS management platforms; Wi-Fi-enabled residential gateway products and accessories; access points and virtual wireless local area networks for business-class Wi-Fi and management; and pre-sale and post-sale technical support. In addition, it offers planning, engineering, program management, maintenance, installation, and commissioning services. Further, the company offers time division multiplexed and asynchronous transfer mode based aggregation systems and customer devices; and high-bit-rate digital subscriber line, asymmetric digital subscriber line, and other technologies to deliver business and residential services. ADTRAN, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of ADTRAN is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.862% of ADTRAN shares are held by insiders and 92.804% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for ADTRAN?

  ADTRAN's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is ADTRAN based?

  ADTRAN's address is: 901 Explorer Boulevard, Huntsville, AL, United States, 35806

• What is ADTRAN's ISIN number?

  ADTRAN's international securities identification number is: US00738A1060

• What is ADTRAN's CUSIP number?

  ADTRAN's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 00738A106