How to buy Arcosa stock | 47.94

Arcosa, Inc is an infrastructure operations business based in the US. Arcosa shares (ACA) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Arcosa employs 6,275 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.9 billion.

How to buy shares in Arcosa

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
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 Arcosa. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ACA. 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 Arcosa 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$47.94, 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 Arcosa, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Arcosa. 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 Arcosa's share price?

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

Its last market close was USD$47.94, which is 7.41% up on its pre-crash value of USD$44.39 and 70.36% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$28.14.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Arcosa shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$693.73 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$1,092.55.

Arcosa share price

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Arcosa shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-11-27.

Latest market close	USD$47.94
52-week range	USD$28.0406 - USD$57.26
50-day moving average	USD$49.7274
200-day moving average	USD$44.1711
Wall St. target price	USD$55.8
PE ratio	22.6083
Dividend yield	USD$0.2 (0.37%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$2.401

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Arcosa price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $47.94 from 2020-10-19

1 week (2020-11-23)	-12.50%
1 month (2020-10-30)	3.83%
3 months (2020-08-28)	3.10%
6 months (2020-05-29)	25.60%

1 year (2019-11-29)	22.26%
2 years (2018-11-30)	75.35%
3 years (2017-11-26)	N/A
5 years (2015-11-26)	N/A

Is Arcosa under- or over-valued?

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

Arcosa's P/E ratio

Arcosa's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 23x. In other words, Arcosa shares trade at around 23x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Arcosa's PEG ratio

Arcosa's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 4.6139. 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 Arcosa's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Arcosa's EBITDA

Arcosa's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$273.9 million.

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

Arcosa financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.9 billion
Operating margin TTM	8.75%
Gross profit TTM	USD$332.4 million
Return on assets TTM	4.34%
Return on equity TTM	6.43%
Profit margin	6.09%
Book value	$38.957
Market capitalisation	USD$2.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Arcosa shares

There are currently 600,981 Arcosa shares held short by investors – that's known as Arcosa's "short interest". This figure is 12.8% down from 689,304 last month.

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

Arcosa's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Arcosa's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Arcosa shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Arcosa shares traded daily (recently around 273173.18181818). Arcosa's SIR currently stands at 2.2. In other words for every 100,000 Arcosa shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2200 shares are currently held short.

However Arcosa's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Arcosa shares, or, against the total number of tradable Arcosa shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Arcosa's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Arcosa shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0168% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Arcosa shares, roughly 17 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 Arcosa.

Find out more about how you can short Arcosa stock.

Arcosa share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 7.84% of net profits

Recently Arcosa has paid out, on average, around 7.84% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.37% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Arcosa shareholders could enjoy a 0.37% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Arcosa's case, that would currently equate to about $0.2 per share.

While Arcosa's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Arcosa is investing more in its future growth.

Arcosa's most recent dividend payout was on 30 October 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 14 October 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Arcosa share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Arcosa's shares have ranged in value from as little as $28.0406 up to $57.26. 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 Arcosa's is 0.3552. This would suggest that Arcosa's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Arcosa overview

Arcosa, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides infrastructure-related products and solutions for the construction, energy, and transportation markets in North America. It operates through three segments: Construction Products Group, Energy Equipment Group, and Transportation Products Group. The Construction Products Group segment offers natural and lightweight aggregates, trench shields, shoring products, and specialty milled or processed materials that are used in construction landscape, including commercial, industrial, road and bridge, and underground construction. It serves equipment rental dealers, as well as commercial, residential, and industrial contractors. The Energy Equipment Group segment provides structural wind towers for wind turbine producers; steel utility structures for electricity transmission and distribution; pressurized and non-pressurized tanks that store and transport various products, including propane, anhydrous ammonia, and natural gas liquids; and fertilizer storage containers for agricultural markets. The Transportation Products Group segment offers hopper barges, tank barges, fiberglass covers, hatches, castings, and winches for commercial marine transportation companies and industrial shippers; axles, circular forgings, and coupling devices for freight, tank, locomotive, and passenger rail transportation equipment, as well as for other industrial uses; and cast components for use in the industrial and mining sectors. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

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

  Currently 0.618% of Arcosa shares are held by insiders and 90.572% by institutions.

• How many people work for Arcosa?

  Latest data suggests 6,275 work at Arcosa.

• When does the fiscal year end for Arcosa?

  Arcosa's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Arcosa based?

  Arcosa's address is: 500 North Akard Street, Dallas, TX, United States, 75201

• What is Arcosa's ISIN number?

  Arcosa's international securities identification number is: US0396531008

• What is Arcosa's CUSIP number?

  Arcosa's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 039653100