How to buy Apex Global Brands stock

Apex Global Brands Inc is an apparel retail business based in the US. Apex Global Brands shares (APEX) are listed on the PINK and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Apex Global Brands employs 37 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$18 million.

How to buy shares in Apex Global Brands

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

Apex Global Brands share price

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Apex Global Brands shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

52-week range	USD$2.25 - USD$12.5
50-day moving average	USD$3.1161
200-day moving average	USD$5.6509
Wall St. target price	USD$0.65
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-0.81

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Is Apex Global Brands under- or over-valued?

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

Apex Global Brands's EBITDA

Apex Global Brands's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$7 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Apex Global Brands's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Apex Global Brands financials

Revenue TTM	USD$18 million
Operating margin TTM	32.73%
Gross profit TTM	USD$21 million
Return on assets TTM	4.42%
Return on equity TTM	-920.7%
Profit margin	-57.35%
Book value	$0.995
Market capitalisation	USD$1.6 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Apex Global Brands shares

There are currently 36,133 Apex Global Brands shares held short by investors – that's known as Apex Global Brands's "short interest". This figure is 46.8% up from 24,618 last month.

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

Apex Global Brands's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Apex Global Brands's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Apex Global Brands shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Apex Global Brands shares traded daily (recently around 240886.66666667). Apex Global Brands's SIR currently stands at 0.15. In other words for every 100,000 Apex Global Brands shares traded daily on the market, roughly 150 shares are currently held short.

However Apex Global Brands's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Apex Global Brands shares, or, against the total number of tradable Apex Global Brands shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Apex Global Brands's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Apex Global Brands shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.0639% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Apex Global Brands shares, roughly 64 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 Apex Global Brands.

Find out more about how you can short Apex Global Brands stock.

Apex Global Brands share dividends

We're not expecting Apex Global Brands to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Apex Global Brands's shares ever split?

Apex Global Brands's shares were split on a 1:10 basis on 2 September 2020. So if you had owned 10 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 Apex Global Brands shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 900% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Apex Global Brands shares which in turn could have impacted Apex Global Brands's share price.

Apex Global Brands share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Apex Global Brands's shares have ranged in value from as little as $2.25 up to $12.5. 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 (PINK average) beta is 1, while Apex Global Brands's is 1.0924. This would suggest that Apex Global Brands'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).

Apex Global Brands overview

Apex Global Brands Inc., a brand ownership and marketing company, creates and manages lifestyle brands worldwide. The company's brand portfolio that spans multiple consumer product categories and retail tiers includes Cherokee, Hi-Tec, Magnum, 50 Peaks, Interceptor, Hawk Signature, Tony Hawk, Point Cove, Carole Little, Everyday California, and Sideout. As of February 1, 2020, it had 42 continuing license agreements with retailers and manufacturers in approximately 144 countries. The company was formerly known as Cherokee Inc. and changed its name to Apex Global Brands Inc. in June 2019. Apex Global Brands Inc. was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Sherman Oaks, California.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Apex Global Brands is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 19.455% of Apex Global Brands shares are held by insiders and 21.084% by institutions.

• How many people work for Apex Global Brands?

  Latest data suggests 37 work at Apex Global Brands.

• When does the fiscal year end for Apex Global Brands?

  Apex Global Brands's fiscal year ends in February.

• Where is Apex Global Brands based?

  Apex Global Brands's address is: 5990 Sepulveda Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA, United States, 91411

• What is Apex Global Brands's ISIN number?

  Apex Global Brands's international securities identification number is: US03755M3007

• What is Apex Global Brands's CUSIP number?

  Apex Global Brands's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 03755M102