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Agilysys, Inc is a software—application business based in the US. Agilysys shares (AGYS) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Agilysys employs 1,275 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$152.2 million.

How to buy shares in Agilysys

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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 Agilysys. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: AGYS. 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 Agilysys 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$34.05, 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 Agilysys, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Agilysys. 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 Agilysys's share price?

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

Its last market close was USD$34.05, which is 1.25% down on its pre-crash value of USD$34.48 and 170.02% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$12.61.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Agilysys shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$450.17 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$1,047.72.

Agilysys share price

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

Agilysys shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	USD$34.05
52-week range	USD$12.61 - USD$37.17
50-day moving average	USD$25.1751
200-day moving average	USD$21.0904
Wall St. target price	USD$29
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-0.564

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Agilysys price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $34.05 from 2020-11-16

1 week (2020-11-17)	-5.50%
1 month (2020-10-23)	27.43%
3 months (2020-08-25)	36.97%
6 months (2020-05-23)	N/A

1 year (2019-11-25)	35.28%
2 years (2018-11-23)	113.21%
3 years (2017-11-24)	180.94%
5 years (2015-11-25)	207.03%

Agilysys financials

Revenue TTM	USD$152.2 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$81 million
Return on assets TTM	-2.83%
Return on equity TTM	-31.97%
Profit margin	-21.69%
Book value	$3.047
Market capitalisation	USD$621.3 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Agilysys shares

There are currently 818,284 Agilysys shares held short by investors – that's known as Agilysys's "short interest". This figure is 6.8% down from 877,580 last month.

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

Agilysys's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Agilysys's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Agilysys shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Agilysys shares traded daily (recently around 130716.29392971). Agilysys's SIR currently stands at 6.26. In other words for every 100,000 Agilysys shares traded daily on the market, roughly 6260 shares are currently held short.

However Agilysys's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Agilysys shares, or, against the total number of tradable Agilysys shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Agilysys's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Agilysys shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0523% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Agilysys shares, roughly 52 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 Agilysys.

Find out more about how you can short Agilysys stock.

Agilysys share dividends

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

Have Agilysys's shares ever split?

Agilysys's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 7 September 1995. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Agilysys shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Agilysys shares which in turn could have impacted Agilysys's share price.

Agilysys share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Agilysys's shares have ranged in value from as little as $12.61 up to $37.17. 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 Agilysys's is 1.23. This would suggest that Agilysys's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Agilysys overview

Agilysys, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a developer and marketer of hardware and software products and services to the hospitality industry in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and India. The company offers point of sale, property management systems, payment, inventory and procurement, reservations, table management, activity scheduling, document management, and analytics and marketing loyalty solutions to enhance guest experience. It also provides technical software support, maintenance, and subscription services; and professional services. Agilysys, Inc. offers its solutions for gaming, hotels, resorts and cruise, corporate foodservice management, restaurants, universities, stadia, and healthcare. The company was formerly known as Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc. and changed its name to Agilysys, Inc. in 2003. Agilysys, Inc. was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.

Frequently asked questions

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

  Currently 8.221% of Agilysys shares are held by insiders and 89.514% by institutions.

• How many people work for Agilysys?

  Latest data suggests 1,275 work at Agilysys.

• When does the fiscal year end for Agilysys?

  Agilysys's fiscal year ends in March.

• Where is Agilysys based?

  Agilysys's address is: 1000 Windward Concourse, Alpharetta, GA, United States, 30005

• What is Agilysys's ISIN number?

  Agilysys's international securities identification number is: US00847J1051

• What is Agilysys's CUSIP number?

  Agilysys's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 00847J105