How to buy Alexander-and-Baldwin stock

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc is a reit-diversified business based in the US. Alexander-and-Baldwin shares (ALEX) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Alexander-and-Baldwin employs 618 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Alexander-and-Baldwin share price

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Alexander-and-Baldwin shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-30.

52-week range	$9.29 - $19.06
50-day moving average	$17.49
200-day moving average	$16.26
Wall St. target price	$20.67
PE ratio	235.7895
Dividend yield	$0.34 (1.89%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.08

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Is Alexander-and-Baldwin under- or over-valued?

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

Alexander-and-Baldwin's P/E ratio

Alexander-and-Baldwin's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 236x. In other words, Alexander-and-Baldwin shares trade at around 236x 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.

Alexander-and-Baldwin's PEG ratio

Alexander-and-Baldwin's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 4.48. 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 Alexander-and-Baldwin's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Alexander-and-Baldwin's EBITDA

Alexander-and-Baldwin's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $82.3 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Alexander-and-Baldwin's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Alexander-and-Baldwin financials

Revenue TTM	$311.2 million
Operating margin TTM	9.32%
Gross profit TTM	$77.7 million
Return on assets TTM	0.88%
Return on equity TTM	0.54%
Profit margin	1.8%
Book value	$15.14
Market capitalisation	$1.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Alexander-and-Baldwin shares

There are currently 918,271 Alexander-and-Baldwin shares held short by investors – that's known as Alexander-and-Baldwin's "short interest". This figure is 23.6% up from 742,946 last month.

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

Alexander-and-Baldwin's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Alexander-and-Baldwin's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Alexander-and-Baldwin shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Alexander-and-Baldwin shares traded daily (recently around 473335.56701031). Alexander-and-Baldwin's SIR currently stands at 1.94. In other words for every 100,000 Alexander-and-Baldwin shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1940 shares are currently held short.

However Alexander-and-Baldwin's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Alexander-and-Baldwin shares, or, against the total number of tradable Alexander-and-Baldwin shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Alexander-and-Baldwin's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Alexander-and-Baldwin shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0184% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Alexander-and-Baldwin shares, roughly 18 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 Alexander-and-Baldwin.

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Alexander-and-Baldwin share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 40.54% of net profits

Recently Alexander-and-Baldwin has paid out, on average, around 40.54% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 3.56% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Alexander-and-Baldwin shareholders could enjoy a 3.56% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Alexander-and-Baldwin's case, that would currently equate to about $0.34 per share.

While Alexander-and-Baldwin's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Alexander-and-Baldwin may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Alexander-and-Baldwin's most recent dividend payout was on 1 April 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 24 June 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Alexander-and-Baldwin share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Alexander-and-Baldwin's shares have ranged in value from as little as $9.2871 up to $19.0591. 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 average) beta is 1, while Alexander-and-Baldwin's is 1.3552. This would suggest that Alexander-and-Baldwin's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Alexander-and-Baldwin overview

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (A&B) is Hawai'i's premier commercial real estate company and the largest owner of grocery-anchored, neighborhood shopping centers in the state. A&B owns, operates and manages approximately 3. 9 million square feet of commercial space in Hawai'i, including 22 retail centers, ten industrial assets and four office properties, as well as 154 acres of ground leases. These core assets comprise nearly 72% of A&B's total assets. A&B's non-core assets include renewable energy generation facilities, approximately 27,000 acres of agricultural and conservation land and a vertically integrated paving business. A&B is achieving its strategic objective of becoming a Hawai'i-focused commercial real estate company by expanding and strengthening its Hawai'i CRE portfolio and monetizing non-core assets.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Alexander-and-Baldwin is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 1.33% of Alexander-and-Baldwin shares are held by insiders and 88.143% by institutions.

• How many people work for Alexander-and-Baldwin?

  Latest data suggests 618 work at Alexander-and-Baldwin.

• When does the fiscal year end for Alexander-and-Baldwin?

  Alexander-and-Baldwin's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Alexander-and-Baldwin based?

  Alexander-and-Baldwin's address is: 822 Bishop Street, Honolulu, HI, United States, 96801

• What is Alexander-and-Baldwin's ISIN number?

  Alexander-and-Baldwin's international securities identification number is: US0144911049

• What is Alexander-and-Baldwin's CUSIP number?

  Alexander-and-Baldwin's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 014481105