How to buy Atlantic Power Corporation stock | $2.03

Atlantic Power Corporation is an utilities-independent power producers business based in the US. Atlantic Power Corporation shares (AT) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Atlantic Power Corporation employs 266 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$266.5 million.

How to buy shares in Atlantic Power Corporation

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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 Atlantic Power Corporation. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: AT. 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 Atlantic Power Corporation 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$2.03, 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 Atlantic Power Corporation, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Atlantic Power Corporation. 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.

Atlantic Power Corporation share price

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Atlantic Power Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$2.03
52-week range	USD$1.7 - USD$2.54
50-day moving average	USD$2.0274
200-day moving average	USD$2.0192
Wall St. target price	USD$2.74
PE ratio	9.32
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.372

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Is it a good time to buy Atlantic Power Corporation stock?

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Atlantic Power Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $2.03 from 2020-12-09

1 week (2021-01-15)	-30.48%
1 month (2020-12-23)	1.50%
3 months (2020-10-22)	0.50%
6 months (2020-07-22)	-0.98%

1 year (2020-01-22)	-15.42%
2 years (2019-01-22)	-21.92%
3 years (2018-01-22)	2.4
5 years (2016-01-22)	13.41%

Is Atlantic Power Corporation under- or over-valued?

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

Atlantic Power Corporation's P/E ratio

Atlantic Power Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 9x. In other words, Atlantic Power Corporation shares trade at around 9x 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.

Atlantic Power Corporation's PEG ratio

Atlantic Power Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.68. 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 Atlantic Power Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Atlantic Power Corporation's EBITDA

Atlantic Power Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$96.1 million.

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

Atlantic Power Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	USD$266.5 million
Operating margin TTM	13.1%
Gross profit TTM	USD$132.3 million
Return on assets TTM	2.39%
Return on equity TTM	-15.75%
Profit margin	-9.49%
Book value	$0.176
Market capitalisation	USD$176.4 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Atlantic Power Corporation shares

There are currently 734,371 Atlantic Power Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Atlantic Power Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 11.3% up from 659,752 last month.

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

Atlantic Power Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Atlantic Power Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Atlantic Power Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Atlantic Power Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 304718.25726141). Atlantic Power Corporation's SIR currently stands at 2.41. In other words for every 100,000 Atlantic Power Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2410 shares are currently held short.

However Atlantic Power Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Atlantic Power Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Atlantic Power Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Atlantic Power Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Atlantic Power Corporation shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0087% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Atlantic Power Corporation shares, roughly 9 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 Atlantic Power Corporation.

Find out more about how you can short Atlantic Power Corporation stock.

Atlantic Power Corporation share dividends

We're not expecting Atlantic Power Corporation to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Atlantic Power Corporation's shares ever split?

Atlantic Power Corporation's shares were split on a 31:1 basis on 22 July 2014. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 31 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Atlantic Power Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 96.8% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Atlantic Power Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Atlantic Power Corporation's share price.

Atlantic Power Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Atlantic Power Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.7 up to $2.54. 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 Atlantic Power Corporation's is 0.3463. This would suggest that Atlantic Power Corporation's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Atlantic Power Corporation overview

Atlantic Power Corporation owns and operates a fleet of power generation assets in the United States and Canada. As of December 31, 2019, its portfolio consisted of twenty-one operating projects with an aggregate electric generating capacity of approximately 1,723 megawatts on a gross ownership basis and approximately 1,327 MW on a net ownership basis across eleven states in the United States and two provinces in Canada. The company sells its electricity to utilities and other customers. Atlantic Power Corporation was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Dedham, Massachusetts.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Atlantic Power Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 4.105% of Atlantic Power Corporation shares are held by insiders and 57.359% by institutions.

• How many people work for Atlantic Power Corporation?

  Latest data suggests 266 work at Atlantic Power Corporation.

• When does the fiscal year end for Atlantic Power Corporation?

  Atlantic Power Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Atlantic Power Corporation based?

  Atlantic Power Corporation's address is: 3 Allied Drive, Dedham, MA, United States, 02026

• What is Atlantic Power Corporation's ISIN number?

  Atlantic Power Corporation's international securities identification number is: CA04878Q8636

• What is Atlantic Power Corporation's CUSIP number?

  Atlantic Power Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 04878Q863