How to buy Aspen Aerogels stock | $15.17

Aspen Aerogels, Inc is a building products & equipment business based in the US. Aspen Aerogels shares (ASPN) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Aspen Aerogels employs 303 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$123.8 million.

How to buy shares in Aspen Aerogels

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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 Aspen Aerogels. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ASPN. 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 Aspen Aerogels 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$15.17, 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 Aspen Aerogels, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Aspen Aerogels. 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.

Aspen Aerogels share price

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Aspen Aerogels shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$15.17
52-week range	USD$4.09 - USD$18
50-day moving average	USD$14.1445
200-day moving average	USD$9.9683
Wall St. target price	USD$16.17
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-1.336

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Aspen Aerogels price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $15.17 from 2020-12-09

1 week (2021-01-15)	-25.27%
1 month (2020-12-23)	-11.13%
3 months (2020-10-23)	20.02%
6 months (2020-07-22)	132.31%

1 year (2020-01-22)	46.85%
2 years (2019-01-22)	451.64%
3 years (2018-01-22)	196.29%
5 years (2016-01-22)	193.42%

Aspen Aerogels financials

Revenue TTM	USD$123.8 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$26.3 million
Return on assets TTM	-10.46%
Return on equity TTM	-27.64%
Profit margin	-13.39%
Book value	$2.266
Market capitalisation	USD$475.8 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Aspen Aerogels shares

There are currently 317,950 Aspen Aerogels shares held short by investors – that's known as Aspen Aerogels's "short interest". This figure is 28.5% up from 247,487 last month.

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

Aspen Aerogels's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Aspen Aerogels's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Aspen Aerogels shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Aspen Aerogels shares traded daily (recently around 228741.00719424). Aspen Aerogels's SIR currently stands at 1.39. In other words for every 100,000 Aspen Aerogels shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1390 shares are currently held short.

However Aspen Aerogels's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Aspen Aerogels shares, or, against the total number of tradable Aspen Aerogels shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Aspen Aerogels's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Aspen Aerogels shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.014% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Aspen Aerogels shares, roughly 14 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 Aspen Aerogels.

Find out more about how you can short Aspen Aerogels stock.

Aspen Aerogels share dividends

We're not expecting Aspen Aerogels to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Aspen Aerogels share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Aspen Aerogels's shares have ranged in value from as little as $4.09 up to $18. 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 Aspen Aerogels's is 1.7501. This would suggest that Aspen Aerogels's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Aspen Aerogels overview

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells aerogel insulation products primarily for use in the energy infrastructure and building materials markets worldwide. The company offers Pyrogel XTE that reduces the risk of corrosion under insulation in energy infrastructure operating systems; Pyrogel HPS for applications within the power generation market; Pyrogel XTF to provide protection against fire; Cryogel Z for sub-ambient and cryogenic applications in the energy infrastructure market; and Spaceloft Subsea for use in pipe-in-pipe applications in offshore oil production. It also offers Spaceloft Grey and Spaceloft A2 for use in the building materials market; and Cryogel X201, which is used in designing cold systems, such as refrigerated appliances, cold storage equipment, and aerospace systems. In addition, the company provides contract research services under contracts with various agencies of the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy, and other institutions. Aspen Aerogels, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Northborough, Massachusetts.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Aspen Aerogels is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 3.58% of Aspen Aerogels shares are held by insiders and 77.684% by institutions.

• How many people work for Aspen Aerogels?

  Latest data suggests 303 work at Aspen Aerogels.

• When does the fiscal year end for Aspen Aerogels?

  Aspen Aerogels's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Aspen Aerogels based?

  Aspen Aerogels's address is: Building B, Northborough, MA, United States, 01532

• What is Aspen Aerogels's ISIN number?

  Aspen Aerogels's international securities identification number is: US04523Y1055

• What is Aspen Aerogels's CUSIP number?

  Aspen Aerogels's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 04523Y105