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Alarm.com Holdings, Inc is a software-application business based in the US. Alarm-com shares (ALRM) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Alarm-com employs 1,361 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$592.9 million.
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- 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.
- Search for Alarm-com. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ALRM. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Alarm-com reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- 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 Alarm-com, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Alarm-com. 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.
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Alarm-com share price
Use our graph to track the performance of ALRM stocks over time.Alarm-com shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-02-23.
| 52-week range | USD$32 - USD$108.67 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | USD$99.6626 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$75.1508 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$83.2 |
| PE ratio | 63.1543 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$1.471 |
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Is Alarm-com under- or over-valued?
Valuing Alarm-com stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Alarm-com's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Alarm-com's P/E ratio
Alarm-com's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 63x. In other words, Alarm-com shares trade at around 63x 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.
Alarm-com's PEG ratio
Alarm-com's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.922. 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 Alarm-com's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Alarm-com's EBITDA
Alarm-com's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$94.8 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Alarm-com's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Alarm-com financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$592.9 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 12.21% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$318.8 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 7.55% |
| Return on equity TTM | 18.8% |
| Profit margin | 12.64% |
| Book value | $8.933 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$4.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Alarm-com shares
There are currently 3.0 million Alarm-com shares held short by investors – that's known as Alarm-com's "short interest". This figure is 13.9% up from 2.7 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Alarm-com shares can be evaluated.
Alarm-com's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Alarm-com's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Alarm-com shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Alarm-com shares traded daily (recently around 523663.16695353). Alarm-com's SIR currently stands at 5.81. In other words for every 100,000 Alarm-com shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5810 shares are currently held short.
However Alarm-com's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Alarm-com shares, or, against the total number of tradable Alarm-com shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Alarm-com's short interest could be expressed as 0.06% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Alarm-com shares in existence, roughly 60 shares are currently held short) or 0.1061% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Alarm-com shares, roughly 106 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 Alarm-com.
Find out more about how you can short Alarm-com stock.
Alarm-com share dividends
We're not expecting Alarm-com to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Alarm-com share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Alarm-com's shares have ranged in value from as little as $32 up to $108.67. 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 Alarm-com's is 1.207. This would suggest that Alarm-com'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).
Alarm-com overview
Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. provides cloud-based software platform solutions for smart residential and commercial properties in the United States and internationally. The company provides interactive security solutions to control and monitor their security systems, as well as connected security devices, including door locks, motion sensors, thermostats, garage doors, and video cameras; and high definition video monitoring solutions, such as live streaming, smart clip capture, video analytics, secure cloud storage, video alerts, continuous high definition recording, and commercial video surveillance solutions. It also offers intelligent automation and energy management solutions, including scenes button, which adjust multiple devices; smart thermostat schedules; responsive savings; precision comfort; energy usage and environmental monitoring; geo-services; demand response programs; and whole home water safety solutions, as well as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning monitoring services. In addition, the company provides commercial solutions, such as daily safeguards, commercial grade video, energy savings, protection for valuables and inventory, multi-site management access control, operational insights, early problem identification, simple to use, professionally supported, and easy to maintain. Further, it offers service provider solutions, including a permission-based online portal that offers account management, sales, marketing, training, and support tools; installation and support tools; business management services; home builder programs; and sales, marketing, and training services, as well as wellness solutions. The company serves residential and commercial subscribers. Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Tysons, Virginia.
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