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How to buy Arcosa stock
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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 6,410 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.9 billion.
How to buy shares in Arcosa
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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 Arcosa. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ACA. 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 Arcosa 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 Arcosa, depending on your broker.
- 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.
Arcosa share price
Use our graph to track the performance of ACA stocks over time.Arcosa shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-04-08.
| 52-week range | USD$30.9338 - USD$67.85 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | USD$62.305 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$55.5765 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$66.75 |
| PE ratio | 29.0826 |
| Dividend yield | USD$0.2 (0.31%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$2.18 |
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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 29x. In other words, Arcosa shares trade at around 29x 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.
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 8.3062. 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$278.9 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 | 8.49% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$382 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 4.15% |
| Return on equity TTM | 5.79% |
| Profit margin | 5.51% |
| Book value | $39.257 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$3.1 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Arcosa shares
There are currently 597,999 Arcosa shares held short by investors – that's known as Arcosa's "short interest". This figure is 27.7% up from 468,363 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 313088.48167539). Arcosa's SIR currently stands at 1.91. In other words for every 100,000 Arcosa shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1910 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 0.0167% 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: 8.16% of net profits
Recently Arcosa has paid out, on average, around 8.16% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.31% 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 0.31% 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 29 April 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 13 April 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Arcosa share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Arcosa's shares have ranged in value from as little as $30.9338 up to $67.85. 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 0.4515. 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, Engineered Structures, and Transportation Products. The Construction Products segment offers natural and lightweight aggregates; specialty materials, including lightweight aggregates and plaster; trench shields and shoring products for residential and non-residential construction, agriculture, specialty building products, and underground construction markets, as well as for infrastructure, including road, bridge, and other public products markets. The Engineered Structures segment provides utility structures, wind towers, traffic and lighting structures, telecommunication structures, storage and distribution tanks for electricity transmission and distribution, wind power generation, highway road construction, and wireless communication markets, as well as for gas and liquids storage and transportation for residential, commercial, agriculture, and industrial markets. The Transportation Products segment offers inland barges; fiberglass barge covers, winches, and other components; axles and couplers for railcars and locomotives; industrial and military castings, and forged products for transportation products serving various markets, including agriculture/food, refined, chemicals, upstream oil, and railcar manufacturers and maintenance operations industries. Arcosa, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
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